Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Buffalo, NY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 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.
- 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
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
$$
CHURCH2 follow-up statements
654 WWUS51 KBUF 012107 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 507 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYC037-063-073-012115- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160701T2115Z/ NIAGARA NY-GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY- 507 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL NIAGARA...NORTHERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES... AT 507 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLEPORT...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEDINA...MIDDLEPORT...RIDGEWAY...SHELBY...KNOWLESVILLE... MILLVILLE AND GASPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4327 7860 4330 7827 4310 7833 4316 7860 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 278DEG 20KT 4320 7854 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ CHURCH
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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
$$
CHURCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:38 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 17 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 64 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.