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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 2021Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this areal flood warning at Jul 13, 2021, 8:04 PM EDT for Monroe 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
Jul 13, 2021, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

474 
WGUS41 KBUF 140004
FLWBUF

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
804 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NYC055-140300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.FA.W.0002.210714T0004Z-210714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe NY-
804 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Flood Warning for Urban area and small stream in...
  Central Monroe County in western New York...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 804 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in 
  the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Brighton, Gates-North 
  Gates, Spencerport, Churchville, Riga, Charlotte, Rochester 
  International Airport and North Chili.

Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4326 7757 4324 7757 4304 7767 4306 7792
      4329 7776

$$

JM
2 follow-up statements
769 
WGUS81 KBUF 140233
FLSBUF

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1033 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NYC055-140300-
/O.CON.KBUF.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe NY-
1033 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...

At 1033 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving thunderstorms 
with very heavy rainfall across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 
inches of rain have fallen.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Brighton, Gates-North 
  Gates, Spencerport, Churchville, Riga, Charlotte, Rochester 
  International Airport and North Chili.

Additional rainfall amounts will be light in the warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4326 7757 4324 7757 4304 7767 4306 7792
      4329 7776

$$

JM
498 
WGUS81 KBUF 140301
FLSBUF

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1101 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

NYC055-140311-
/O.EXP.KBUF.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210714T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe NY-
1101 PM EDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR 
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 4326 7757 4324 7757 4304 7767 4306 7792
      4329 7776

$$

JM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Jul 13, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson41 min
Jul 13, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario, Wayne44 min
Jul 13, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jul 13, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne55 min
Jul 13, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne27 min
Jul 13, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego65 min
Jul 13, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF82 min
Jul 13, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego73 min
Jul 14, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie3 hr
Jul 14, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming60 min
Jul 14, 7:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming3 hr
Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara59 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee49 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario57 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.