Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2015, 6:02 AM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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, 6:02 AM EDT (10:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 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 10:02 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, 6:12 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyndon, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jun 23, 6:36 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Culver, NY | TREE DOWN CROSSING RT 248A |
| Jun 23, 6:46 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Alfred, NY | LARGE LIMBS 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, 10.0 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
- 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.
112 WUUS51 KBUF 231002 SVRBUF NYC003-009-231100- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0045.150623T1002Z-150623T1100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 602 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 700 AM EDT * AT 602 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...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...WELLSVILLE...ALFRED...FRANKLINVILLE...BELFAST...CUBA... RUSHFORD AND WHITESVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 27 AND 33. 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 7841 4248 7849 4247 7772 4200 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 1002Z 264DEG 48KT 4239 7855 4199 7854 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
607 WWUS51 KBUF 231030 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 630 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 NYC009-231039- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150623T1100Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 630 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA... THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4200 7823 4244 7821 4247 7772 4200 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 259DEG 54KT 4232 7805 4200 7800 $$ NYC003-231100- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150623T1100Z/ ALLEGANY NY- 630 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY... AT 629 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 BELFAST TO 7 MILES WEST OF GENESEE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WELLSVILLE...ALFRED...BELFAST...WHITESVILLE...HOUGHTON...CANEADEA... FRIENDSHIP AND SCIO. 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 7823 4244 7821 4247 7772 4200 7775 TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 259DEG 54KT 4232 7805 4200 7800 $$ HITCHCOCK
447
WWUS51 KBUF 231102
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
702 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
NYC003-231112-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150623T1100Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
702 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4200 7823 4244 7821 4247 7772 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 264DEG 48KT 4232 7805 4200 7800
$$
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, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.