Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 14, 2015, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:54 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jamestown, NY | REPORT OF A ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN THE TOWN OF ELLICOTT NEAR JAMESTOWN |
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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906
WGUS51 KBUF 142358
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-150300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0010.150614T2358Z-150615T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
758 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 757 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...FREDONIA...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...
LAKEWOOD...GOWANDA AND FALCONER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7967 4225 7967 4236 7941 4244 7930
4251 7899 4244 7892 4244 7888 4250 7862
4250 7831 4200 7831
$$
WOOD2 follow-up statements
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WGUS71 KBUF 150134
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
NYC013-150143-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150615T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4200 7906 4249 7906 4251 7899 4244 7892
4244 7888 4246 7879 4246 7876 4248 7870
4247 7870 4249 7867 4250 7862 4250 7831
4200 7831
$$
NYC009-150300-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150615T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
934 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
AT 933 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...GOWANDA...ASHFORD...
ALLEGANY...FRANKLINVILLE AND ST. BONAVENTURE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7906 4249 7906 4251 7899 4244 7892
4244 7888 4246 7879 4246 7876 4248 7870
4247 7870 4249 7867 4250 7862 4250 7831
4200 7831
$$
WOOD481
WGUS71 KBUF 150249
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1049 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
NYC009-150259-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150615T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
1049 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4200 7906 4249 7906 4251 7899 4244 7892
4244 7888 4246 7879 4246 7876 4248 7870
4247 7870 4249 7867 4250 7862 4250 7831
4200 7831
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015
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.