Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 26, 2001Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2001, 5:48 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
Aug 26, 2001, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Ontario County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2001-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2001-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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.

606 
WUUS51 KBUF 262149
SVRBUF
NYC069-262230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
548 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONEOYE
  TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPLES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRISTOL

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

PACE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming30 min
Aug 26, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.