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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2016, 7:32 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 2, 2016, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2016, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:39 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Newark, NY | HYDESVILE RD WASHED OUT... ALSO FLOODING ON WELCHER RD AND MINSTEED RD ALONG GANARGUA CREEK. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
754
WGUS51 KBUF 022332
FFWBUF
NYC069-117-030230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0002.160602T2332Z-160603T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
732 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 730 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
TWO AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWARK...LYONS...PALMYRA...CLYDE...PORT GIBSON AND WILLOW CREEK
ESTATES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4298 7723 4309 7727 4312 7690 4302 7686
4301 7696 4298 7697
$$
CHURCH2 follow-up statements
152
WGUS71 KBUF 030047
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
847 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
NYC069-117-030230-
/O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160603T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
847 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 840 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING NEAR
NEWARK ALONG GANARGUA CREEK. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA... WITH FLASH FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING.
EVEN THOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA... WATER MAY
CONTINUE TO RISE ON AREA CREEKS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES. STAY ALERT FOR AREAS OF HIGH WATER
RUNNING ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS...ESPCIALLY AS NIGHTFALL WILL NOW MAKE
IMPACTED AREAS HARDER TO SPOTIN ADVANCE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWARK...LYONS...PALMYRA...CLYDE...PORT GIBSON AND WILLOW CREEK ESTATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4298 7723 4309 7727 4312 7690 4302 7686
4301 7696 4298 7697
$$
CHURCH834
WGUS71 KBUF 030134
FFSBUF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
934 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
NYC069-117-030144-
/O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160603T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
934 PM EDT THU JUN 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND SOUTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4298 7723 4309 7727 4312 7690 4302 7686
4301 7696 4298 7697
$$
CHURCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 46 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.