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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2011Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2011, 6:06 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 39 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 1, 2011, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2422 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
2422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

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

491 
WUUS51 KBUF 012206
SVRBUF
NYC069-012245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0067.110801T2206Z-110801T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BRISTOL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRISTOL MOUNTAIN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4282 7753 4291 7739 4276 7722 4275 7725
      4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734 4266 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 317DEG 24KT 4278 7738

$$

JJR
2 follow-up statements
278 
WWUS51 KBUF 012226
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
626 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NYC069-012245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110801T2245Z/
ONTARIO NY-
626 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY...

AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN YATES COUNTY...OR NEAR MIDDLESEX...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4268 7735 4279 7740 4284 7734 4276 7722
      4275 7725 4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 317DEG 24KT 4268 7726

$$

JJR
664 
WWUS51 KBUF 012236
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
636 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

NYC069-012246-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110801T2245Z/
ONTARIO NY-
636 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...

AT 636 PM 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 4268 7735 4279 7740 4284 7734 4276 7722
      4275 7725 4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 317DEG 24KT 4263 7720

$$

JJR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF80 min
Aug 1, 2:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans70 min
Aug 1, 3:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara, Orleans49 min
Aug 1, 3:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans64 min
Aug 1, 4:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF25 min
Aug 1, 4:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming53 min
Aug 1, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans66 min
Aug 1, 5:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFGenesee, Orleans3 hr
Aug 1, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming45 min
Aug 1, 6:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany54 min
Aug 1, 6:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Wyoming36 min
Aug 1, 6:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming43 min
Aug 1, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario45 min
Aug 1, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara53 min
Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFOntario21 min
Aug 1, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario93 min
Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Livingston63 min
Aug 1, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Wyoming63 min
Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus59 min
Aug 1, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming36 min
Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming46 min

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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.