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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 1995Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 10:05 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 10:05 PM EDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 637 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 140208 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-121-140300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1005 PM EDT THU JUL 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...ALLEGANY COUNTY...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...WYOMING COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR ARCADE IN WYOMING COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO
SALAMANCA IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
P|REPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
LAMBERT/REICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee68 min
Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans68 min
Jul 13, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara56 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.