Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2015, 6:16 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lyons, NY | CANEL STREET CLOSED. |
| Aug 10, 6:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clyde, NY | GLASGOW STREET CLOSED. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
636
WGUS51 KBUF 102216
FFWBUF
NYC117-110115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0025.150810T2216Z-150811T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
616 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 614 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...
NEWARK...LYONS AND CLYDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4318 7672 4303 7672 4302 7705 4326 7696
$$
APFFEL2 follow-up statements
575 WGUS71 KBUF 102347 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 747 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 NYC117-110115- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-150811T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE NY- 747 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY... AT 744 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LYONS...CLYDE...AND SAVANNAH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4318 7672 4303 7672 4302 7705 4326 7696 $$ JJR
020 WGUS71 KBUF 110045 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 845 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 NYC117-110053- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-150811T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WAYNE NY- 845 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... CALLS TO AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY LEFTOVER ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4318 7672 4303 7672 4302 7705 4326 7696 $$ JJR
The 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, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.