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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 23, 2007Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2007, 6:22 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2007, 6:22 AM EDT (10:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
38 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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 23, 6:58 AM EDTHAIL 1Forestville, NY

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2007-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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 231023
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-231100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0094.070823T1022Z-070823T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
622 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

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 700 AM EDT

* AT 618 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF FREDONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FREDONIA BY 630 AM EDT...
  SOUTHWEST OF GOWANDA AROUND 700 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4249 7894 4245 7891 4246 7887 4243 7882
      4229 7880 4235 7957 4248 7937 4258 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 273DEG 29KT 4244 7943

$$

APB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 231046
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
644 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

NYC009-013-231100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-070823T1100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
644 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 639 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF DUNKIRK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SILVER CREEK BY 655 AM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING FURTHER ALONG ITS SOUTH FLANK NEAR 
FREDONIA.

LAT...LON 4249 7894 4245 7891 4246 7887 4243 7882
      4229 7880 4235 7957 4248 7937 4258 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 275DEG 22KT 4253 7926

$$

APB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 5:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Aug 23, 7:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.