Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 12, 2006, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2006, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 613 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 130015 SVRBUF NYC003-009-130045- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0004.060413T0015Z-060413T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 815 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 809 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF FRANKLINVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALAMANCA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LIME LAKE-MACHIAS BY 820 PM EDT... HOUGHTON BY 830 PM EDT... FILLMORE BY 835 PM 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 4236 7872 4221 7859 4249 7791 4251 7826 $$ TJP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 130035 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 835 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 NYC003-009-130045- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060413T0045Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY- 835 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... AT 831 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LIME LAKE-MACHIAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LAT...LON 4236 7872 4221 7859 4249 7791 4251 7826 $$ TJP
000 WWUS51 KBUF 130044 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 844 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 NYC003-009-130054- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060413T0045Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY- 844 PM EDT WED APR 12 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 845 PM EDT... AT 844 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. LAT...LON 4236 7872 4221 7859 4249 7791 4251 7826 $$ TJP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 59 min |
| Apr 13, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Monroe | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.