Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2015, 4:11 PM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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
- Jun 14, 2015, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2015, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mount Morris, NY | PICTURE OF WATER FLOWING OVER DRIVEWAYS IN MOUNT MORRIS FROM WHAM TWITTER |
| Jun 14, 4:47 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Perry, NY | PARTIAL ROAD COLLAPSE OATKA AND ADRIEN ROAD WEST OF PERRY |
| Jun 14, 4:57 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lakeville, NY | PICTURE OF WATER SURROUNDING A HOUSE IN LAKEVILLE FROM TWCNEWSROC TWITTER |
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Avon, NY | PICTURE OF WATER OVER SOUTH LIMA ROAD IN AVON FROM WHAM TWITTER |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
338
WGUS51 KBUF 142011
FFWBUF
NYC051-055-121-142315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0009.150614T2011Z-150614T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
411 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 410 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GENESEO...DANSVILLE...LETCHWORTH STATE PARK...PERRY...WARSAW...
AVON...MOUNT MORRIS AND HONEOYE FALLS.
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 4287 7824 4286 7796 4287 7796 4298 7760
4276 7760 4276 7761 4267 7760 4267 7749
4258 7749 4258 7766 4257 7766 4252 7825
$$
WOOD1 follow-up statement
914
WGUS71 KBUF 142306
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
706 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
NYC051-055-121-142315-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150614T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-MONROE NY-
706 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON...EASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER STANDING WATER CONTINUES TO POSE A THREAT
ACROSS THE AREA AND AS SUCH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING.
LAT...LON 4287 7824 4286 7796 4287 7796 4298 7760
4276 7760 4276 7761 4267 7760 4267 7749
4258 7749 4258 7766 4257 7766 4252 7825
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.