Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 5:27 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 63 min. 4 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
- Jun 23, 2015, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 5:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dayton, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:04 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allegany, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:04 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Yorkshire, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
667 WUUS51 KBUF 230927 SVRBUF NYC009-013-029-231030- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0044.150623T0927Z-150623T1030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 527 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 630 AM EDT * AT 526 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SILVER CREEK TO NEAR FREWSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...BOSTON...SPRINGVILLE... COLDEN...GOWANDA...SILVER CREEK...RANDOLPH...LITTLE VALLEY... SOUTH DAYTON...ELLICOTVILLE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 90 NEAR EXIT 58. INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 13 AND 26. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4200 7920 4255 7917 4273 7851 4200 7837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0926Z 241DEG 53KT 4249 7919 4200 7922 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
974 WWUS51 KBUF 231004 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 604 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 NYC013-029-231013- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150623T1030Z/ ERIE NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 604 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ERIE AND EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4200 7884 4239 7891 4248 7847 4200 7837 TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 266DEG 56KT 4238 7860 4199 7857 $$ NYC009-231030- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150623T1030Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 604 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 603 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHFORD TO NEAR BRADFORD...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ASHFORD...ALLEGANY... FRANKLINVILLE...ST. BONAVENTURE AND ASHFORD HOLLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4200 7884 4239 7891 4248 7847 4200 7837 TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 266DEG 56KT 4238 7860 4199 7857 $$ HITCHCOCK
249
WWUS51 KBUF 231030 RRA
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
630 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
NYC009-231040-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150623T1030Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
630 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4200 7884 4239 7891 4248 7847 4200 7837
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 241DEG 53KT 4238 7860 4199 7857
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Jun 23, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 119 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 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.