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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 9, 2023Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this areal flood warning at Aug 9, 2023, 3:04 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 6 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: Aug 9, 2023, 3:04 AM EDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2023, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 9, 2:25 AM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:25 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 10:02 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Lewis	24 hr
Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	56 min
Aug 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		4 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.