Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2015, 8:05 PM EDT for Lewis 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
- Jul 4, 2015, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lewis County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887
WGUS51 KBUF 050005
FFWBUF
NYC049-050300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0012.150705T0005Z-150705T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
805 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 802 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...OTTER CREEK AND
INDEPENDENCE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 7529 4382 7530 4387 7514 4368 7512
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
017 WGUS71 KBUF 050126 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 926 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015 NYC049-050300- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150705T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEWIS NY- 926 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY... AT 925 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORS THAT PRODUCED MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN REMOTE AREAS SOUTH OF BEAVER LAKE HAVE WEAKENED AND DRIFTED SOUTHEAST TO HERKIMER COUNTY. AREAS IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 5 PM INCLUDE GREIG... BRANTINGHAM...SPERRYVILLE AND PINE GROVE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FOR THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A QUARTER INCH. WHILE THE RAIN IS FINALLY PUSHING SOUTHEAST...THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS HAVE CAUSED LOCAL TRIBUTARIES TO RISE TO...OR ABOVE BANKFUL IN THE AREA. THESE WATERWAYS INCLUDE OTTER CREEK AND INDEPENDENCE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4367 7529 4382 7530 4387 7514 4368 7512 $$ RSH
125 WGUS71 KBUF 050255 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1055 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015 NYC049-050303- /O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-150705T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LEWIS NY- 1055 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT... WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY... AREA TRIBUTARIES IN THAT AREA WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FAST AND NEAR TO ABOVE BANKFULL FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR OTTER CREEK AND INDEPENDENCE RIVER. LAT...LON 4367 7529 4382 7530 4387 7514 4368 7512 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 70 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.