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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 5:37 PM EDT for Chautauqua 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Sse Jamestown, NY | ROUTE 60 CLOSED BETWEEN PECK SETTLEMENT ROAD AND JOHNS PLACE DUE TO FLOODING VIA NITTEC |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
315 WGUS51 KBUF 102137 FFWBUF NYC013-110030- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0006.160810T2137Z-160811T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 537 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 536 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN...LAKEWOOD...FALCONER...FREWSBURG...JAMESTOWN WEST... BUSTI...CELORON AND PANAMA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 13. LAT...LON 4200 7956 4212 7954 4214 7908 4200 7908 $$ CHURCH
2 follow-up statements
415 WGUS71 KBUF 102307 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 707 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 NYC013-110030- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160811T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 707 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 702 PM EDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOUTHEAST CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL REPORTED. RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA, HOWEVER CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING. A ROAD CLOSURE OF ROUTE 60 IN SOUTHERN JAMESTOWN WAS REPORTED EARLIER, AND HAS SINCE REOPENED. PLEASE HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES, AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN...LAKEWOOD...FALCONER...FREWSBURG...JAMESTOWN WEST... BUSTI...CELORON AND PANAMA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 13. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4200 7956 4212 7954 4214 7908 4200 7908 $$ CHURCH
766 WGUS71 KBUF 102348 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 748 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 NYC013-102358- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160811T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 748 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4200 7956 4212 7954 4214 7908 4200 7908 $$ CHURCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.