Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 14, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT for 10 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 14, 2015, 5:16 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2015, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2015, 5:16 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2015, 1:29 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
692 WGUS61 KBUF 141926 FFABUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 NYZ012>014-019>021-085-150330- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.A.0002.150615T0000Z-150615T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 326 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ALLEGANY...CATTARAUGUS... CHAUTAUQUA...LIVINGSTON...ONTARIO...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING. * FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS NEXT ROUND IS EXPECTED TO BRING SOME TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SOME OF WHICH MAY LAST 1-3 HOURS WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. GIVEN THAT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. && $$ ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
113 WGUS61 KBUF 142116 FFABUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 516 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 NYZ003-004-010-011-150530- /O.EXB.KBUF.FF.A.0002.150614T2116Z-150615T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...BUFFALO...BATAVIA 516 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...GENESEE...MONROE...NORTHERN ERIE AND WAYNE. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS NEXT ROUND IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SOME OF WHICH MAY LAST 1-3 HOURS WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. GIVEN THAT SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. && $$ NYZ012>014-019>021-085-150530- /O.EXT.KBUF.FF.A.0002.150614T2116Z-150615T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA... JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 516 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...ALLEGANY...CATTARAUGUS...CHAUTAUQUA...LIVINGSTON... ONTARIO...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS NEXT ROUND IS EXPECTED TO BRING MORE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...SOME OF WHICH MAY LAST 1-3 HOURS WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. GIVEN THAT SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND GROUND IS SATURATED...EVEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. && $$
008 WGUS61 KBUF 150529 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 129 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 NYZ003-004-010>014-019>021-085-150630- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-150615T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 129 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE EXITED THE AREA...AND WITH NO MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT NO LONGER EXISTS. $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New York, 2015Every flash flood watch 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.