Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Sep 2, 2013, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 2013, 1:45 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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132 
WUUS51 KBUF 021711
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-021745-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0088.130902T1711Z-130902T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
111 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD...OR 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN...
  FALCONER...
  FREWSBURG...

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7931 4199 7944 4213 7946 4219 7899
      4200 7896 4199 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 263DEG 18KT 4205 7932

$$

WOOD

413 
WWUS51 KBUF 021735
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
135 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC009-013-021745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-130902T1745Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-
135 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...

AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREWSBURG...
OR NEAR JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RURAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
  RURAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7931 4199 7944 4213 7946 4219 7899
      4200 7896 4199 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 263DEG 18KT 4207 7915

$$

WOOD

716 
WWUS51 KBUF 021745
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
145 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC009-013-021755-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-130902T1745Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-
145 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND
SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 145 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 4200 7931 4199 7944 4213 7946 4219 7899
      4200 7896 4199 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 263DEG 18KT 4207 7915

$$

WOOD

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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.