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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 8, 2016Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 11:23 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2016, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

263 
WUUS51 KBUF 090323
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-090415-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0027.160709T0323Z-160709T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1123 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1122 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  FREWSBURG...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...FALCONER...
  ASHFORD...ALLEGANY AND FRANKLINVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7914 4211 7925 4246 7848 4200 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 234DEG 29KT 4202 7902 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMITH
2 follow-up statements
729 
WWUS51 KBUF 090347
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1147 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

NYC013-090354-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160709T0415Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
1147 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4200 7897 4218 7895 4232 7844 4200 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 253DEG 28KT 4206 7880 

$$

NYC009-090415-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160709T0415Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
1147 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 1144 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALLEGANY
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...
ST. BONAVENTURE...WESTON MILLS...HINSDALE AND GREAT VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7897 4218 7895 4232 7844 4200 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 253DEG 28KT 4206 7880 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMITH
931 
WWUS51 KBUF 090408
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1208 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

NYC009-090418-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160709T0415Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
1208 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM 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.

LAT...LON 4200 7897 4218 7895 4232 7844 4200 7833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 234DEG 29KT 4206 7880 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming64 min
Jul 8, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua35 min
Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus59 min
Jul 9, 4:46 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie19 hr
Jul 9, 4:47 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF21 hr
Jul 9, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee53 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF67 min
Jul 9, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.