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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 25, 2006Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 95 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
Jul 25, 2006, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2006, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 4:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHoughton, NYLINES DOWN IN HOUGHTON AND FILLMORE

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 251941
SVRBUF
NYC003-252115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0068.060725T1940Z-060725T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
340 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF RUSHFORD TO 15 MILES WEST
  OF RUSHFORD TO 40 MILES WEST OF CUBA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHFORD BY 355 PM EDT...
  HOUGHTON BY 400 PM EDT...
  BELFAST BY 415 PM EDT...
  CUBA BY 425 PM EDT...
  WELLSVILLE BY 450 PM EDT...
  WHITESVILLE AND ALFRED BY 505 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4251 7786 4249 7786 4247 7783 4246 7773
      4241 7775 4202 7775 4202 7819 4203 7829
      4252 7830 4252 7792

$$

TMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 252027
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
425 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

NYC003-252115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-060725T2115Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
425 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE 
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF CANASERAGA...OR OVER 
AVOCA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4251 7786 4249 7786 4247 7783 4246 7773
      4241 7775 4202 7775 4202 7819 4203 7829
      4252 7830 4252 7792

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 252114
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
514 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

NYC003-252124-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-060725T2115Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
514 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515
PM EDT...

AT 514 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE LINE OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS 
NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4251 7786 4249 7786 4247 7783 4246 7773
      4241 7775 4202 7775 4202 7819 4203 7829
      4252 7830 4252 7792

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Jul 25, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua59 min
Jul 25, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Wyoming60 min
Jul 25, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston65 min
Jul 25, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jul 25, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis63 min
Jul 25, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario62 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne66 min
Jul 25, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego55 min
Jul 25, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.