Alert archive / New York / Lakeshore Flood Warnings in 2020
Lakeshore Flood Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lakeshore flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 2:01 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2020, 2:01 AM EDT (06:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lakeshore flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lakeshore flood warning went out at Mar 20, 1:48 AM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 1:48 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:00 AM EDT, 21 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 500 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2020 NYZ001>003-010-011-019-085-200900- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Northern Erie-Genesee-Chautauqua- Southern Erie- 500 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2020 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. High Wind Watch. A cold front will cross the Lower Great Lakes Friday. A few scattered thunderstorms may develop ahead of the cold front. There is a marginal risk that a few of these storms may become severe, with isolated damaging wind gusts and small hail possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ007-008-012>014-020-021-200900- Jefferson-Lewis-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Cattaraugus-Allegany- 500 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Strengthening low pressure will pass to the north and west of the region Friday. Wind gusts of over 40 mph are possible. A cold front will cross the Lower Great Lakes Friday. A few scattered thunderstorms may develop ahead of the cold front. There is a marginal risk that a few of these storms may become severe, with isolated damaging wind gusts and small hail possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ004>006-200900- Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 500 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2020 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lakeshore Flood Watch. Strengthening low pressure will pass to the north and west of the region Friday. Wind gusts of over 40 mph are possible. A cold front will cross the Lower Great Lakes Friday. A few scattered thunderstorms may develop ahead of the cold front. There is a marginal risk that a few of these storms may become severe, with isolated damaging wind gusts and small hail possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-200900- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- Lower Niagara River- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 500 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf Hitchcock
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1:59 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Ontario and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 82 min | |
| Mar 20, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 52 min |
| Mar 20, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 72 min | |
| Mar 20, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Mar 20, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 45 min |
| Mar 20, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Ontario | 37 min |
| Mar 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 39 min |
Nearby
Lakeshore Flood Warnings in New York, 2020Every lakeshore flood warning in 2020
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.