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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 28, 2006Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2006, 4:50 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2006, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 28, 4:51 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	South Dayton, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 282049
SVRBUF
NYC009-282145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0024.060628T2050Z-060628T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
450 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOWANDA...OR
  ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTO BY 525 PM EDT...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 535 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4247 7868 4240 7860 4220 7901 4224 7905
      4238 7906 4246 7894 4245 7891 4245 7881
      4248 7872

$$

TJP

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 282107
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
506 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

NYC009-282145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060628T2145Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
506 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 459 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CATTARAUGUS...OR ABOUT
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS 
STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTO BY 520 PM EDT...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 535 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4247 7868 4240 7860 4220 7901 4224 7905
      4238 7906 4246 7894 4245 7891 4245 7881
      4248 7872

$$

TJP

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 282144
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
543 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

NYC009-282153-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-060628T2145Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
543 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
545 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY WILL 
STILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 600 PM.

LAT...LON 4247 7868 4240 7860 4220 7901 4224 7905
      4238 7906 4246 7894 4245 7891 4245 7881
      4248 7872

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	60 min
Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	60 min
Jun 28, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	54 min
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		60 min
Jun 28, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	57 min
Jun 28, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	60 min
Jun 28, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	54 min
Jun 28, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		31 min
Jun 28, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.