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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 1, 2016Genesee County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2016, 4:50 PM EDT for Genesee County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 1, 2016, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.881 W Shelby, NY

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 28 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

181 
WUUS51 KBUF 012050
SVRBUF
NYC037-063-073-012115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0025.160701T2050Z-160701T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
450 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 450 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCKPORT...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOCKPORT...MEDINA...NEWFANE...MIDDLEPORT...RIDGEWAY...SHELBY...
  ALABAMA AND WOLCOTTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4329 7870 4330 7827 4305 7834 4308 7846
      4309 7847 4308 7850 4310 7851 4309 7852
      4314 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 278DEG 20KT 4321 7867 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CHURCH
2 follow-up statements
654 
WWUS51 KBUF 012107
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
507 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NYC037-063-073-012115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160701T2115Z/
NIAGARA NY-GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-
507 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL NIAGARA...NORTHERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS
COUNTIES...

AT 507 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MIDDLEPORT...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDINA...MIDDLEPORT...RIDGEWAY...SHELBY...KNOWLESVILLE...
MILLVILLE AND GASPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4327 7860 4330 7827 4310 7833 4316 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 278DEG 20KT 4320 7854 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

CHURCH
270 
WWUS51 KBUF 012115
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
515 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NYC037-063-073-012124-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160701T2115Z/
NIAGARA NY-GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-
515 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NIAGARA...
NORTHERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM EDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4327 7860 4330 7827 4310 7833 4316 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 278DEG 20KT 4320 7854 

$$

CHURCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:38 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie17 hr
Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego63 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua43 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus40 min
Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis33 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara41 min
Jul 1, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming32 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee26 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe30 min
Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis30 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego64 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.