Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Watches in 2015
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 15, 2015, 2:57 PM EDT for 13 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 15, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2015, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2015, 4:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997 WGUS61 KBUF 151857 FFABUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 257 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-160300- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.A.0003.150616T0200Z-150616T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 257 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHERN CAYUGA. IN WESTERN NEW YORK...ALLEGANY... CATTARAUGUS...CHAUTAUQUA...GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...MONROE... NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE...ONTARIO...ORLEANS...SOUTHERN ERIE... WAYNE AND WYOMING. * FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN MANY AREAS WITH SATURATED GROUND AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. ANY THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES...GENESEE VALLEY...AND SOUTHERN TIER. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
186 WGUS61 KBUF 160238 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1038 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-161045- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150616T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 1038 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHERN CAYUGA. IN WESTERN NEW YORK...ALLEGANY...CATTARAUGUS...CHAUTAUQUA... GENESEE...LIVINGSTON...MONROE...NIAGARA...NORTHERN ERIE... ONTARIO...ORLEANS...SOUTHERN ERIE...WAYNE AND WYOMING. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN MANY AREAS WITH SATURATED GROUND AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. ANY THUNDERSTORM OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES...GENESEE VALLEY...AND SOUTHERN TIER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY. BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. && $$ CHURCH
734 WGUS61 KBUF 160802 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 402 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-160915- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-150616T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK... SPRINGVILLE 402 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN THAT WAS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK HAS FAILED TO DEVELOP. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.