Alert archive / New York / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flood watch at Feb 24, 2016, 6:46 PM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:46 PM EST (23:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2016, 9:25 AM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 821 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
947 WGUS61 KBUF 242346 FFABUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 646 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY... BETWEEN AN INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS WAS FREEZING RAIN...MUCH HAS RUN-OFF AND WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM SOME OF THE ICE AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MELT. IN ADDITION...ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND BRING ANOTHER HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAIN. NYZ007-008-250800- /O.NEW.KBUF.FA.A.0002.160225T0100Z-160225T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 646 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR LEWIS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND BRING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH TO INCH OF RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM WHICH WILL RESULT IN SOME SNOW MELT. * THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL ISSUES. FIRST IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WITH THE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS TO RISE ABOVE BANKFULL...AND CAUSE FLOODING IN URBAN OR MORE DEVELOPED AREAS. THIS DEPENDS ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS THIS EVENING. THE SECOND CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ON THE BLACK RIVER AND ITS MAJOR TRIBUTARIES. IF THIS DOES HAPPEN...IT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL THURSDAY. THIS DEPENDS ON WHERE THE RAIN FALLS...AND HOW WARM TEMPERATURES GET OVERNIGHT. * THOSE LOCATED IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND POSSIBLY FLOODING. THOSE WITH BASEMENTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING SHOULD PREPARE NOW...BEFORE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$ APFFEL
3 follow-up statements
488 WGUS61 KBUF 250339 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1039 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY... RAINFALL AMOUNTS MORE THAN TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREAS. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS INITIALLY FELL AS FREEZING RAIN...MUCH OF THIS HAS MELTED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO MELT ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE OVERNIGHT. NYZ007-008-251200- /O.CON.KBUF.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1039 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. * ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...SNOW MELT DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ADD TO RUN-OFF A BIT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE GENERALLY MINOR FLOODING ON THE BLACK RIVER AND SOME OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$ APFFEL
651 WGUS61 KBUF 250852 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 352 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND OR MORE THAN TWO INCHES OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THIS INITIALLY FELL AS FREEZING RAIN...MUCH OF THIS HAS MELTED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO MELT ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ICE THIS MORNING. NYZ007-008-251500- /O.CON.KBUF.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 352 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. * ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...SNOW AND ICE MELT DUE TO WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ADD TO RUN-OFF A BIT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE GENERALLY MINOR FLOODING ON THE BLACK RIVER AND SOME OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$ APFFEL/JJR
928 WGUS61 KBUF 251425 FFABUF FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 925 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 NYZ007-008-251530- /O.CAN.KBUF.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160225T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 925 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT HAS ENDED THIS MORNING. WHILE A LIGHT SHOWER IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN SHOWERS CHANGE TO SNOW...THE RISK FOR FLOODING HAS SUBSIDED. $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 39 hr |
Nearby
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.