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Lakeshore Flood Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 20, 2024Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lakeshore flood warning at Nov 20, 2024, 7:52 PM EST for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Nov 20, 2024, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2024, 7:52 PM EST (00:52 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2024, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 20, 2024, 9:56 PM EST
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

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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 Nov 20, 6:50 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 6:50 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 20, 5:14 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
514 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

NYZ019-202300-
Chautauqua NY-
514 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM EST...

At 513 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of gusty showers
near Wattsburg, or 13 miles east of Erie, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Westfield, Mayville, Clymer, Findley Lake, Chautauqua Institution,
Chautauqua, Ripley, Mina, French Creek, Sherman, Panama, Bemus
Point, Barcelona, Dewittville, and Ashville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 60 and 61.
 Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 10.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4227 7976 4228 7973 4230 7976 4236 7968
      4243 7952 4200 7930 4200 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 225DEG 40KT 4207 7982

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Hitchcock
Special weather statement, Nov 20, 5:51 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
551 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

NYZ019-020-085-202330-
Chautauqua NY-Cattaraugus NY-Southern Erie NY-
551 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHWESTERN ERIE
AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EST...

At 551 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Lake Erie State Park to 6 miles north of
Lottsville. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Allegany State Park, Evans, Lakewood,
Silver Creek, Falconer, Angola, Mayville, Long Point State Park,
Jamestown West, SUNY Fredonia, Frewsburg, Chautauqua Institution,
Lake Erie State Park, Evangola State Park, Angola on the Lake,
Chautauqua, and Busti.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 58 and 59.
 Interstate 86 between exits 7 and 16.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4200 7951 4241 7956 4244 7950 4253 7939
      4259 7919 4268 7911 4273 7901 4200 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 261DEG 26KT 4240 7950 4202 7945

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 21, 3:45 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Lewis, Wyoming32 hr
Nov 21, 10:57 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF4 days

Nearby

Lakeshore Flood Warnings in New York, 2024Every lakeshore flood warning in 2024

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.