Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2016, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
528
WGUS51 KBUF 111955
FFWBUF
NYC009-013-112345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0007.160811T1955Z-160811T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
355 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 351 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP 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...JAMESTOWN WEST...FREWSBURG...
BUSTI...NEW ALBION AND GERRY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 16.
LAT...LON 4200 7947 4224 7925 4239 7900 4239 7860
4224 7882 4200 7914
$$
APFFEL2 follow-up statements
305 WGUS71 KBUF 112158 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 558 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 NYC009-112200- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160811T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4200 7947 4207 7940 4209 7913 4200 7914 $$ NYC013-112345- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160811T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 558 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 550 PM EDT...AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN BETWEEN NIOBE AND KIANTONE THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG PORTIONS OF ROUTE 60. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON STILLWATER CREEK WHICH IS THE BASIN WHICH MUCH OF THE HEAVY RAIN FELL INTO. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... KIANTONE AND NIOBE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4200 7947 4207 7940 4209 7913 4200 7914 $$ APFFEL
261 WGUS71 KBUF 112306 FFSBUF FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 706 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 NYC013-112315- /O.CAN.KBUF.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160811T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 706 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4200 7947 4207 7940 4209 7913 4200 7914 $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.