Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 16, 2001Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 16, 2001, 3:08 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 16, 2001, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2001-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 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.

504 
WUUS51 KBUF 161911
SVRBUF
NYC029-161945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
308 PM EDT TUE OCT 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...WILLIAMSVILLE...WEST       
  SENECA...LANCASTER...LACKAWANNA...CHEEKTOWAGA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ORCHARD PARK...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF HAMBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE CITY OF BUFFALO BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM
  LANCASTER...CHEEKTOWAGA AND WILLIAMSVILLE BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM
  
THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN 
EXCESS OF 40 MPH.  THOSE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE 
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BUFFALO.

NIZIOL

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.