Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 21, 2001, 4:51 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 24 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, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2001, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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, 4:54 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Ellicottville, 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, 8.9 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.
- 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.
195 WUUS51 KBUF 212051 SVRBUF NYC009-212115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 451 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALAMANCA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ASHFORD HOLLOW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 2 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLINVILLE AT 455 PM EDT INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 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 4244 7895 4214 7892 4215 7833 4247 7833
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, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 40 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.