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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2016Genesee County, Monroe County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2016, 1:57 AM EDT for Genesee County, Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 2016, 1:57 AM EDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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 14, 2:17 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBatavia, NYTREE DOWN ON LEWISTON RD.
Jul 14, 2:23 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLe Roy, NYTREE DOWN ON 100W MAIN ST.
Jul 14, 2:26 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGBatavia, NYTREE DOWN S. RIVER ST.

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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

513 
WUUS51 KBUF 140557
SVRBUF
NYC037-055-073-140630-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.160714T0557Z-160714T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
157 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  WESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 156 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  OAKFIELD...OR NEAR BATAVIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BATAVIA...BROCKPORT...ALBION...DARIEN LAKES STATE PARK...LE ROY...
  BYRON...CHURCHVILLE AND OAKFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4287 7843 4325 7836 4332 7787 4303 7783
      4292 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 249DEG 34KT 4300 7827 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

APFFEL
2 follow-up statements
758 
WWUS51 KBUF 140615
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
215 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

NYC037-055-073-140630-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160714T0630Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
215 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL GENESEE...WESTERN MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS
COUNTIES...

AT 215 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BYRON...OR 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF BATAVIA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATAVIA...BROCKPORT...ALBION...LE ROY...BYRON...CHURCHVILLE...
OAKFIELD AND HOLLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4288 7831 4325 7826 4332 7787 4303 7783
      4292 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 249DEG 34KT 4306 7804 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

APFFEL
365 
WWUS51 KBUF 140629
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
229 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

NYC037-055-073-140638-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160714T0630Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
229 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GENESEE...WESTERN
MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM EDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4288 7831 4325 7826 4332 7787 4303 7783
      4292 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 249DEG 34KT 4306 7804 

$$

APFFEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie26 hr
Jul 13, 11:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF116 min
Jul 14, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua66 min
Jul 14, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jul 14, 1:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus53 min
Jul 14, 1:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie44 min
Jul 14, 1:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Orleans34 min
Jul 14, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.