Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 23, 2007Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2007, 7:02 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 23, 2007, 7:02 AM EDT (11:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 231102
SVRBUF
NYC009-231200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0095.070823T1102Z-070823T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
702 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

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 700 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF GOWANDA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST
  OF FREDONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOWANDA BY 720 AM EDT...
  OTTO BY 735 AM EDT...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 750 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4245 7891 4252 7849 4252 7832 4218 7832
      4230 7905 4255 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 274DEG 25KT 4245 7910

$$

APB
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 231126
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-231200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-070823T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
726 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 721 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOWANDA...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF
HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTO BY 740 AM EDT...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 750 AM EDT...
  MACHIAS BY 800 AM EDT...

RADAR SHOWED THAT THE STORM WAS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN.

LAT...LON 4245 7891 4252 7849 4252 7832 4218 7832
      4230 7905 4255 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 272DEG 24KT 4245 7889

$$

APB
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 231149
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-231200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-070823T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
748 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 747 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD
HOLLOW...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MACHIAS BY 800 AM EDT...

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 
AT PERRYSBURG WHEN THE STORM PASSED.

LAT...LON 4245 7891 4252 7849 4252 7832 4218 7832
      4230 7905 4255 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 272DEG 24KT 4244 7869

$$
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 231158
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-231208-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-070823T1200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
758 AM EDT THU AUG 23 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
800 AM EDT...

AT 758 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4245 7891 4252 7849 4252 7832 4218 7832
      4230 7905 4255 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 272DEG 24KT 4244 7860

$$

HITCHCOCK

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, 6:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.