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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 26, 2024Erie County, Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this areal flood warning at Jan 26, 2024, 7:17 AM EST for Erie County, Niagara 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: Jan 26, 2024, 7:17 AM EST (12:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2024, 1:03 PM EST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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 Jan 26, 6:55 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:55 AM EST, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 6:15 AM EST, 1 hour 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
Jan 26, 3:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		8 hr
Jan 26, 6:51 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Monroe	40 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.