Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 4:11 AM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2006, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Livingston County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 310811
SVRBUF
NYC051-310900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0016.060531T0811Z-060531T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
411 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT
* AT 405 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF YORK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GENESEO...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CALEDONIA BY 420 AM EDT...
AVON BY 435 AM EDT...
LIMA BY 450 AM EDT...
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 4297 7774 4295 7775 4293 7757 4288 7755
4286 7760 4281 7795 4286 7793 4289 7795
4299 7789 4299 7772
$$
LEVAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 310837
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
437 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
NYC051-310900-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060531T0900Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
437 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT
FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
AT 431 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LIMA BY 450 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 4297 7774 4295 7775 4293 7757 4288 7755
4286 7760 4281 7795 4286 7793 4289 7795
4299 7789 4299 7772
$$
LEVAN000
WWUS51 KBUF 310905
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
505 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
NYC051-310915-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-060531T0900Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
505 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT
500 AM EDT...
AT 505 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4297 7774 4295 7775 4293 7757 4288 7755
4286 7760 4281 7795 4286 7793 4289 7795
4299 7789 4299 7772
$$
LEVANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 25 min |
| May 31, 12:06 PM EDT | Air Stagnation Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara and 2 more | 13 hr |
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.