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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 1, 2006Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 11:34 AM EST for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
Dec 1, 2006, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 12:30 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2006-12-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
486 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 011635
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-011730-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0099.061201T1634Z-061201T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1134 AM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 PM EST

* AT 1130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR
  ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FREWSBURG BY 1140 AM EST...
  ALLEGANY PARK BY 1205 PM EST...
  SALAMANCA BY 1210 PM EST...
  ALLEGANY BY 1225 PM EST...
  HINSDALE BY 1230 PM EST...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4213 7941 4195 7938 4203 7832 4231 7834

$$

NIZIOL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 011708
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1206 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

NYC009-013-011730-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-061201T1730Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
1206 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM EST
FOR CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 1202 PM EST...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 ALLEGANY PARK...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIMESTONE BY 1215 PM EST...
  ALLEGANY BY 1225 PM EST...
  OLEAN BY 1230 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4213 7941 4195 7938 4203 7832 4231 7834

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 011732
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1231 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

NYC009-013-011741-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-061201T1730Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
1231 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1230 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4213 7941 4195 7938 4203 7832 4231 7834

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 4:34 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more23 hr
Dec 1, 5:02 AM ESTLakeshore Flood WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie, Jefferson23 hr
Dec 1, 12:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie36 min
Dec 1, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming44 min
Dec 1, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego49 min
Dec 1, 2:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Dec 1, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis47 min
Dec 1, 4:15 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego13 hr

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.