Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT for 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 5, 2015, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
861
WGUS51 KBUF 060115
FFWBUF
NYC069-060415-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0007.150606T0115Z-150606T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
915 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 913 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...CANANDAIGUA...VICTOR...HOPEWELL...BRISTOL...CLIFTON
SPRINGS... PHELPS...BLOOMFIELD AND HONEOYE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4294 7749 4295 7748 4303 7746 4300 7698
4277 7697 4276 7731 4275 7732 4274 7757
$$
TMA2 follow-up statements
044
WGUS71 KBUF 060302
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1102 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015
NYC069-060415-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150606T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ONTARIO NY-
1102 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 1056 PM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS
INDICATED RECENT HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED
AREA. THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED..AND ONLY A FEW TRAILING
SHOWERS LINGER OVER THE WARNED AREA...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING FROM RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...CANANDAIGUA...VICTOR...BRISTOL...CLIFTON SPRINGS...PHELPS...
BLOOMFIELD AND HONEOYE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4294 7749 4295 7748 4303 7746 4300 7698
4277 7697 4276 7731 4275 7732 4274 7757
$$
THOMAS304
WGUS71 KBUF 060402
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1202 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015
NYC069-060411-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150606T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ONTARIO NY-
1202 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ONTARIO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4294 7749 4295 7748 4303 7746 4300 7698
4277 7697 4276 7731 4275 7732 4274 7757
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.