Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262
WGUS51 KBUF 052013
FFWBUF
NYC003-009-029-051-121-052315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0023.140805T2013Z-140805T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
413 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 409 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
PUBLIC REPORTS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR TIME FRAME ALONG WITH
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM PASSING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4220 7878 4268 7865 4269 7785 4252 7790
4252 7771 4224 7773 4222 7774
$$
THOMAS2 follow-up statements
489
WGUS71 KBUF 052151
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
551 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NYC009-029-052159-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140805T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-
551 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE
AND NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 4224 7829 4269 7823 4269 7785 4252 7790
4252 7771 4224 7773 4222 7774
$$
NYC003-051-121-052315-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140805T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEGANY NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-
551 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON AND NORTHERN ALLEGANY
COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED.
EXPECT SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA TO ALSO RISE NEAR AND
POSSIBLY OVER BANKFULL. STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO
RISE EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4224 7829 4269 7823 4269 7785 4252 7790
4252 7771 4224 7773 4222 7774
$$
THOMAS589
WGUS71 KBUF 052228
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
628 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
NYC003-051-121-052238-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140805T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ALLEGANY NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-
628 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON AND NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
AT 628 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE MAY BE SOME RESIDUAL PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4224 7829 4269 7823 4269 7785 4252 7790
4252 7771 4224 7773 4222 7774
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.