{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.a92fe9a962983d3787adf1c254f84ae47c14e290.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:48PM EDT until July 21 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.a92fe9a962983d3787adf1c254f84ae47c14e290.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Buffalo NY"},"word_count":177,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 6:48PM EDT until July 21 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Erie, NY\n**Issued by:** NWS Buffalo NY\n**Sent:** 2026-07-21T18:48:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-21T18:48:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T20:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nFFWBUF\n\nThe National Weather Service in Buffalo has extended the\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nNortheastern Erie County in western New York...\n\n* Until 800 PM EDT.\n\n* At 648 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of\nrain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are\npossible in the warned area.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nNorth Tonawanda, Amherst, Tonawanda, Grand Island, Pendleton, East\nAmherst, and Rapids.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads."}