Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 11:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
ZAFF2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 031759
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
159 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006
NYC003-031830-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-060803T1830Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
159 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY...
AT 156 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM STANNARDS TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF STANNARDS MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WHITESVILLE BY 210 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4231 7823 4210 7822 4181 7837 4187 7740
4216 7725 4234 7725
$$
ZAFF000
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
$$
ZAFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Aug 2, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 43 min | |
| Aug 3, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 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.