Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 3:22 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 68 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
- Jun 8, 2011, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302
WUUS51 KBUF 080722
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-080830-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0035.110608T0722Z-110608T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
322 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 430 AM EDT
* AT 320 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20
MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RANDOLPH...
CONEWANGO...
SALAMANCA...
ALLEGANY PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4199 7904 4228 7932 4243 7901 4212 7831
4199 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 322DEG 34KT 4229 7906
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
269 WWUS51 KBUF 080755 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 355 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 NYC013-080805- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110608T0830Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 355 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4199 7904 4227 7905 4212 7831 4199 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 322DEG 34KT 4206 7893 $$ NYC009-080830- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110608T0830Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 355 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 347 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOLPH...OR 13 MILES EAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4199 7904 4227 7905 4212 7831 4199 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 322DEG 34KT 4206 7893 $$ RSH
614 WWUS51 KBUF 080825 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 425 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 NYC009-080835- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110608T0830Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 425 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM EDT... AT 425 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4199 7904 4227 7905 4212 7831 4199 7831 TIME...MOT...LOC 0825Z 322DEG 34KT 4184 7870 $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 8, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 69 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 72 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.