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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2017, 7:05 PM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 15, 2017, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
079 WGUS51 KBUF 152305 FFWBUF NYC051-055-069-160200- /O.NEW.KBUF.FF.W.0002.170615T2305Z-170616T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Buffalo NY 705 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017 The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Livingston County in western New York... Southeastern Monroe County in western New York... Northwestern Ontario County in western New York... * Until 1000 PM EDT. * At 705 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... Henrietta, Avon, Honeoye Falls, Caledonia, Lima, Scottsville, Mendon and Rush. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12. Interstate 90 near exit 46. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4307 7744 4290 7745 4293 7787 4305 7781 $$ Church
2 follow-up statements
591 WGUS71 KBUF 160039 FFSBUF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 839 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017 NYC051-055-069-160200- /O.CON.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170616T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY- 839 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES... At 836 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated between one and two inches of rain has fallen across the warned area from thunderstorms that passed through this evening. Run off from these storms will continue to bring ponding of water to low lying roads, and possibly produce a road closure. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Henrietta, Avon, Honeoye Falls, Caledonia, Lima, Scottsville, Mendon and Rush. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12. Interstate 90 near exit 46. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4307 7744 4290 7745 4293 7787 4305 7781 $$ Thomas
732 WGUS71 KBUF 160158 FFSBUF Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 958 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017 NYC051-055-069-160208- /O.EXP.KBUF.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170616T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY- 958 PM EDT THU JUN 15 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4307 7744 4290 7745 4293 7787 4305 7781 $$ Thomas
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 11:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 63 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.