Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 2001, 3:50 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2001, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2001, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:22 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Lakewood, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
916 WUUS51 KBUF 211951 SVRBUF NYC013-212030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 350 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLEY LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LAWRENCE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES SOUTH OF WESTFIELD AT 400 PM EDT 2 MILES NORTH OF MAYVILLE...5 MILES NORTH OF CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE AT 405 PM EDT VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4231 7976 4208 7976 4203 7909 4247 7908
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 77 min | |
| Oct 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 77 min | |
| Oct 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 77 min | |
| Oct 21, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 24 min |
| Oct 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 23 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.