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Flash Flooding Near
Buffalo
June 19, 2003 - Slow-moving thunderstorms
over the same general area produced an estimated four to six inches of
rainfall southeast of Buffalo Thursday evening. Thunderstorms began
forming south of Buffalo Thursday afternoon in a very moist and unstable
southeast low-level flow combined with weak winds aloft. By 6 PM,
the thunderstorms intensified with one storm covering Interstate 90 just east
of Buffalo with marble-sized hail. Around 8 PM, two
motorcyclists became stranded in flood waters after they exited Interstate 90
six miles east of Buffalo. The riders managed to grab a fence and
hold on until a rescue team arrived while their bikes washed away.
Numerous other roads south and southeast of Buffalo washed out. The
flood waters began to subside around 10 PM.
The graphic below depicts a radar image of
storm total precipitation with estimates as high as six or more inches
southeast of Buffalo. The blue area represents four to five inches
of rainfall, red is five to six inches, and the peach color is six to
seven inches. The peach color on the periphery of the radar range is not
representative data.
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