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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 28, 2016Cattaraugus County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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: May 28, 2016, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 28, 5:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Concord, NY	REPORT OF LARGE TREE DOWN ON GENESEE RD VIA FACEBOOK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WUUS51 KBUF 282124
SVRBUF
NYC009-029-282200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0001.160528T2124Z-160528T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
524 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  NORTH CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 524 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE...
  OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOSTON...SPRINGVILLE...COLDEN...EAST CONCORD...ASHFORD HOLLOW...NORTH
  BOSTON AND CONCORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4239 7869 4245 7888 4270 7879 4260 7851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 201DEG 9KT 4249 7877 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CHURCH

1 follow-up statement

822 
WWUS51 KBUF 282145
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016

NYC009-029-282155-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160528T2200Z/
ERIE NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4239 7869 4245 7888 4270 7879 4260 7851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 201DEG 9KT 4254 7874 

$$

CHURCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario	43 min
May 28, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	48 min
May 28, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	37 min
May 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wyoming	39 min
May 28, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	36 min
May 28, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wyoming	28 min
May 28, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	30 min
May 28, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie	34 min
May 28, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	27 min
May 28, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario	32 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.