Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2015, 8:34 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, 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
- Jun 14, 2015, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292
WGUS51 KBUF 150034
FFWBUF
NYC051-069-150330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0011.150615T0034Z-150615T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
834 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EAST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 833 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AGAIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRISTOL...RUSHVILLE...HEMLOCK...HONEOYE...CANADICE...BRISTOL
MOUNTAIN...COTTAGE CITY AND CHESHIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4268 7761 4287 7763 4284 7716 4276 7717
4276 7731 4271 7735 4267 7736 4267 7737
4264 7737
$$
WOOD1 follow-up statement
200
WGUS71 KBUF 150330
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1130 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
NYC051-069-150335-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150615T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ONTARIO NY-LIVINGSTON NY-
1130 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND EAST CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND NEW FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED. HOWEVER...REMEMBER AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ONTARIO COUNTY... LIVINGSTON COUNTY... EASTERN WYOMING
COUNTY... AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY. HIGH WATER
REMAINS IN LOCATIONS THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EARLIER...PLEASE
USE CAUTION IN THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4268 7761 4287 7763 4284 7716 4276 7717
4276 7731 4271 7735 4267 7736 4267 7737
4264 7737
$$
CHURCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.