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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 11, 2011Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2011, 1:33 PM EDT for Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 11, 2011, 1:33 PM EDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2011-09-11Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

770 
WUUS51 KBUF 111733
SVRBUF
NYC051-121-111815-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0093.110911T1733Z-110911T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
133 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 131 PM 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 NEAR
  PERRY...OR 9 MILES WEST OF GENESEO...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MOUNT MORRIS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MIDDLEBURY 
BETWEEN ATTICA AND WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AT 
ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE 
AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4271 7810 4285 7810 4287 7804 4287 7796
      4290 7795 4291 7779 4267 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 260DEG 6KT 4277 7799

$$

HIBBERT
1 follow-up statement
536 
WWUS51 KBUF 111800
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
200 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

NYC051-121-111815-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110911T1815Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-
200 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WEST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...

AT 159 PM 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 LEICESTER...OR 6 MILES WEST OF GENESEO...MOVING EAST AT 
5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LEICESTER...

LAT...LON 4270 7803 4270 7805 4285 7807 4287 7804
      4286 7796 4290 7795 4290 7787 4288 7779
      4267 7781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 260DEG 6KT 4278 7793

$$

APFFEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie56 min
Sep 11, 12:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie3 hr
Sep 11, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee62 min
Sep 11, 12:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming44 min
Sep 11, 1:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming3 hr
Sep 11, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario50 min
Sep 11, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming41 min
Sep 11, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming43 min
Sep 11, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario44 min
Sep 11, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua59 min
Sep 11, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie59 min
Sep 11, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFNiagara114 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.