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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 6, 1995Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 1:25 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1995, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Allegany County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 061729 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC003-061830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
125 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...ALLEGANY COUNTY
 
AT 125 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM BUFFALO AND DOPPLER
RADAR FROM STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BOLIVAR IN SOUTHWEST ALLEGANY
COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
 
SIMILAR STORMS TO THE SOUTH PRODUCED DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE PAST HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
LAMBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston52 min
Jul 6, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Ontario60 min
Jul 6, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne55 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga59 min
Jul 6, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga60 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.