Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2014, 7:10 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2014, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Derby, NY | TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 8:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Evans Center, NY | TIME ESTIMATED |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Forestville, NY | TIME ESTIMATED |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gowanda, NY | WATER RESCUES AND ABOUT 30 HOMES NEAR THATCHER BROOK EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER. ROUTE 39 AND 62 TO ROUTE 353 AND 62 CLOSED. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Gowanda, NY | WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATIONS DUE TO HIGH WATER...TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Perrysburg, NY | NORTH RD AND NUMEROUS ROADS OTHER ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...SOME ROAD SHOULDERS WASHED OUT. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Perrysburg, NY | NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...SOME ROAD SHOULDERS WASHED OUT. |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Silver Creek, NY | EVACUATIONS DUE TO HIGH WATER IN SILVER CREEK |
| May 13, 9:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Silver Creek, NY | PORTIONS OF ROUTE 5 FROM RT 20 TO OLD LAKESHORE RD CLOSED...FLOODING AT OLIVER PLACE AND LINCOLN AVE FROM WALNUT CREEK. EVACUATIONS DUE TO HIGH WATER IN SILVER CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633
WGUS51 KBUF 131110
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-029-131415-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0003.140513T1110Z-140513T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
710 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...
SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 705 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS FROM
SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE
WARNED AREA.
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH 9 AM.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4242 7947 4250 7935 4255 7923 4256 7916
4271 7904 4269 7860 4244 7855 4243 7920
4232 7920 4232 7948
$$
TMA3 follow-up statements
108
WGUS71 KBUF 131158
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
758 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
NYC009-013-029-131415-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140513T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
758 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN ERIE...NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTIES...
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN THE
TOWNS OF PERRYSBURG...PERSIA AND NORTH COLLINS DUE TO HIGH WATER.
PERSISTENT SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER
TWO INCHES OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4242 7947 4250 7935 4255 7923 4256 7916
4271 7904 4269 7860 4244 7855 4243 7920
4232 7920 4232 7948
$$
TMA102
WGUS51 KBUF 131409
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-029-131615-
/O.EXT.KBUF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140513T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1009 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...
SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1006 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING FROM HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS
THE REGION EARLIER IN THE MORNING. WHILE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS
NOT EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS...FLASH FLOODING
IN THE WARNED AREA WILL PERSIST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...CAN BE EXPECTED AS WE
PROGRESS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4242 7947 4250 7935 4255 7923 4256 7916
4271 7904 4269 7860 4244 7855 4243 7920
4232 7920 4232 7948
$$
RSH591
WGUS71 KBUF 131612
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1212 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
NYC009-013-029-131621-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140513T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
1212 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
ERIE...NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTIES...
AT 1211 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE EXITED THE
AREA...THUS THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THIS
AREA THOUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LAT...LON 4242 7947 4250 7935 4255 7923 4256 7916
4271 7904 4269 7860 4244 7855 4243 7920
4232 7920 4232 7948
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 5:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 6 hr |
| May 13, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| May 13, 7:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.