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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 21, 2011Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 21, 2011, 10:45 PM EDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2011, 11:10 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 11:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 Wnw Springville, NYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS. WIVB WEATHER BLOG.

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

528 
WUUS51 KBUF 220245
SVRBUF
NYC029-220330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0046.110622T0245Z-110622T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1045 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1041 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER 
  HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SPRINGVILLE...AND 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BOSTON...

LAT...LON 4250 7891 4269 7874 4256 7852 4247 7875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 218DEG 5KT 4252 7879

$$

HIBBERT
2 follow-up statements
901 
WWUS51 KBUF 220304
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

NYC029-220330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110622T0330Z/
ERIE NY-
1104 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY...

AT 1100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE OR 
LARGER HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 
SOUTH OF BOSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BOSTON...

LAT...LON 4248 7874 4256 7886 4269 7874 4261 7861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 211DEG 8KT 4255 7877

$$

HIBBERT
202 
WWUS51 KBUF 220310
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1110 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

NYC029-220320-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110622T0330Z/
ERIE NY-
1110 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1110 PM 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 CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4248 7874 4256 7886 4269 7874 4261 7861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 211DEG 8KT 4256 7876

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie53 min
Jun 22, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Jun 22, 2:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua87 min
Jun 22, 2:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming91 min
Jun 22, 2:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming2 hr
Jun 22, 3:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFAllegany3 hr

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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.