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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 3, 2006Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 1:34 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 3, 2006, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 2:14 PM EDT
In force
40 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2006-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 229 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 2006-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 031734
SVRBUF
NYC003-031830-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0092.060803T1734Z-060803T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
134 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 9 MILES WEST OF WELLSVILLE TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
  OLEAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WELLSVILLE BY 145 PM EDT...
  ALFRED BY 200 PM EDT...
  WHITESVILLE BY 205 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4231 7823 4210 7822 4181 7837 4187 7740
      4216 7725 4234 7725

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 031759
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
159 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

NYC003-031830-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060803T1830Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
159 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM STANNARDS TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF STANNARDS MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITESVILLE BY 210 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4231 7823 4210 7822 4181 7837 4187 7740
      4216 7725 4234 7725

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 031814
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
213 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

NYC003-031823-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060803T1830Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
213 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 213 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN 
CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 4231 7823 4210 7822 4181 7837 4187 7740
      4216 7725 4234 7725

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Aug 2, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Aug 2, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego64 min
Aug 2, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie58 min
Aug 2, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Aug 3, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Aug 3, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.