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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 25, 2006Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2006, 9:03 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
Aug 25, 2006, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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
Aug 25, 9:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCeloron, NY2 TO 3 TREES DOWN

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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 260103
SVRBUF
NYC013-260145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0094.060826T0103Z-060826T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
903 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 900 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 NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR ABOUT NEAR
  JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMESTOWN BY 910 PM EDT...
  FREWSBURG BY 915 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4219 7913 4219 7908 4218 7907 4201 7906
      4201 7906 4201 7921 4207 7941 4219 7937
      4223 7934

$$

TJP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 260124
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
922 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

NYC013-260145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-060826T0145Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
922 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 921 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 FREWSBURG...OR ABOUT 6
MILES EAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN 
WITH THIS STORM WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER OF AREA ROADS AND 
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY

LAT...LON 4219 7913 4219 7908 4218 7907 4201 7906
      4201 7906 4201 7921 4207 7941 4219 7937
      4223 7934

$$

TJP
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 260147
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
947 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

NYC013-260157-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-060826T0145Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
947 PM EDT FRI AUG 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
945 PM EDT...

AT 947 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4219 7913 4219 7908 4218 7907 4201 7906
      4201 7906 4201 7921 4207 7941 4219 7937
      4223 7934

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie21 min
Aug 25, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany34 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.