Alert archive / New York / Flood Watches in 2014
Flood Watch 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flood watch at Feb 21, 2014, 4:41 PM EST for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2014, 4:41 PM EST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 8:10 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Flood severity
- None
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
457 WGUS61 KBUF 212141 FFABUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 441 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...ICE JAMS NEAR SUNSET BAY... .HEAVY RAIN AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAUSED FLOWS IN CATTARAUGUS CREEK TO RAPIDLY RISE. THIS BROKE UP ICE...WHICH HAS JAMMED NEAR SUNSET BAY WHERE THE CREEK FLOWS INTO A PRIMARILY FROZEN LAKE ERIE. DEPENDING ON CREEK FLOWS AND SHIFTS IN THE ICE...THERE IS A RISK OF FLOODING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...AS CREEK FLOWS GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. NYZ019-220545- /O.NEW.KBUF.FA.A.0003.140221T2141Z-140222T0600Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 441 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEAR SUNSET BAY. * UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY. * COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED AN ICE JAM AT SUNSET BAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF CATTARAUGUS CREEK. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS NO FLOODING OCCURRING. HOWEVER...CHANGES IN THE CREEK FLOW AND ICE POSITION ARE LIKELY...AND THESE COULD RESULT IN FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF SUNSET BAY. * RESIDENTS OF SUNSET BAY...AND THOSE ALONG CATTARAUGUS CREEK NEAR SUNSET BAY SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING OCCURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$ APFFEL
1 follow-up statement
593 WGUS61 KBUF 220110 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 810 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 NYZ019-220215- /O.CAN.KBUF.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-140222T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 810 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IS REPLACED BY A WARNING... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED WHICH REPLACES THE WATCH. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS ICE JAM. $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Wyoming | 277 days |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida, Ontario and 1 more | 277 days |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oneida, Wyoming | 277 days |
| Feb 21, 1:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:07 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Erie | 16 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.