Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2015, 6:01 PM EDT for Erie County, Genesee County, Wyoming 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
207
WGUS51 KBUF 102201
FFWBUF
NYC029-037-121-110100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0024.150810T2201Z-150811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
601 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EAST CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 601 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 SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATAVIA...LE ROY...WARSAW...BENNINGTON...ATTICA...PAVILION...BYRON
AND ARCADE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4263 7866 4309 7808 4297 7791 4295 7791
4294 7793 4291 7794 4290 7796 4289 7796
4282 7804 4254 7841
$$
CHURCH2 follow-up statements
323
WGUS71 KBUF 102316
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
716 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
NYC029-037-121-110100-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENESEE NY-ERIE NY-WYOMING NY-
716 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN GENESEE...EAST CENTRAL ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING
COUNTIES...
AT 715 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WHERE AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF UP TO ANOTHER HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BATAVIA...LE ROY...WARSAW...BENNINGTON...ATTICA...PAVILION...BYRON
AND ARCADE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4263 7866 4309 7808 4297 7791 4295 7791
4294 7793 4291 7794 4290 7796 4289 7796
4282 7804 4254 7841
$$
JJR371
WGUS71 KBUF 110050
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
850 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
NYC029-037-121-110056-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-150811T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GENESEE NY-ERIE NY-WYOMING NY-
850 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN GENESEE...EAST CENTRAL ERIE
AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
CALLS TO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT NO FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES THAT
MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...WITH ANY LINGERING HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY ACROSS
AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIALLY LESS RAINFALL. FOR THE ABOVE
REASONS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4263 7866 4309 7808 4297 7791 4295 7791
4294 7793 4291 7794 4290 7796 4289 7796
4282 7804 4254 7841
$$
JJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.