Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 5:27 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 36 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 6:03 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 5:52 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Otto, NY | TREES AND POWER POLES 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
051 WUUS51 KBUF 142227 SVRBUF NYC009-029-121-142315- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0102.111114T2227Z-111114T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 527 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 522 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF OTTO...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EAST CONCORD... SARDINIA... ARCADE... MACHIAS... DELAVAN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4236 7888 4261 7881 4270 7829 4234 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 265DEG 47KT 4251 7877 $$ HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
354 WWUS51 KBUF 142303 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 603 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 NYC009-029-121-142312- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-111114T2315Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-WYOMING NY-ERIE NY- 603 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE... SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING AND NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 602 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT COVERS MUCH OF CATTARAUGUS AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES. LAT...LON 4236 7888 4261 7881 4270 7829 4234 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 265DEG 47KT 4255 7813 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| Nov 14, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 64 min |
| Nov 14, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Nov 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Nov 14, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 24 min |
| Nov 14, 6:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Nov 14, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario | 20 min |
| Nov 14, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 63 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.