Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2014, 4:24 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 66 min. 5 reports 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
- Sep 2, 2014, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allegany, NY | NOLAN DR. TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Sep 2, 4:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | TREE DOWN ON MAIN STREET. |
| Sep 2, 4:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | WEST RIVER SIDE DRIVE TREE DOWN. |
| Sep 2, 4:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | GARDEN AVE TREE AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Sep 2, 4:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | SOUTH BARRY ST. TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON A HOUSE. |
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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
144 WUUS51 KBUF 022024 SVRBUF NYC003-009-022130- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0067.140902T2024Z-140902T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 424 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 33. * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF SALAMANCA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ST. BONAVENTURE... OLEAN... WESTON MILLS... WELLSVILLE... 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 4199 7874 4228 7868 4241 7773 4199 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 264DEG 28KT 4207 7867 $$ THOMAS
2 follow-up statements
337 WWUS51 KBUF 022107 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 507 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 NYC003-009-022130- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140902T2130Z/ ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY- 507 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES... AT 503 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHBURG...OR 11 MILES EAST OF OLEAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RICHBURG... SCIO... WELLSVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CATTARAUGUS COUNTY WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4199 7874 4228 7868 4241 7773 4199 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 264DEG 28KT 4211 7819 $$ THOMAS
576 WWUS51 KBUF 022130 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 530 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 NYC003-009-022140- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140902T2130Z/ ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY- 530 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 530 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4199 7874 4228 7868 4241 7773 4199 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 264DEG 30KT 4212 7784 $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Sep 1, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 71 min |
| Sep 2, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.