Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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
- Jul 14, 2015, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Franklinville, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rushford, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
975 WUUS51 KBUF 141923 SVRBUF NYC003-009-142030- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0049.150714T1923Z-150714T2030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 323 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 323 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER FRANKLINVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALAMANCA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKLINVILLE...BELFAST...RUSHFORD...HOUGHTON...CANEADEA... FRIENDSHIP...BELMONT AND ANGELICA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 30 AND 31. 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 4228 7858 4246 7857 4251 7799 4219 7797 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 270DEG 19KT 4236 7848 $$ REYNOLDS
2 follow-up statements
479 WWUS51 KBUF 141949 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NYC003-009-142030- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150714T2030Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY- 349 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES... AT 348 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHFORD...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF OLEAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELFAST...RUSHFORD...HOUGHTON...CANEADEA...FRIENDSHIP...BELMONT... ANGELICA AND CENTERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4225 7838 4248 7837 4251 7799 4219 7797 TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 270DEG 19KT 4236 7830 $$ REYNOLDS
702
WWUS51 KBUF 142028
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
NYC003-009-142037-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150714T2030Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
428 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS AND
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4225 7838 4248 7837 4251 7799 4219 7797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 270DEG 19KT 4236 7830
$$
REYNOLDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 92 min |
| Jul 14, 12:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 35 hr | |
| Jul 14, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 20 min |
| Jul 14, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 9:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 18 min |
| Jul 14, 9:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
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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.