Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 5:04 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 5, 2016, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Great Valley, NY | TREES DOWN ON POWERLINES |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | POWERLINE AND LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN |
| Jun 5, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Portville, NY | POWERLINES DOWN |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
864 WUUS51 KBUF 052104 SVRBUF NYC009-052200- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0005.160605T2104Z-160605T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 504 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 503 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCANDIA...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARREN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...ST. BONAVENTURE... WESTON MILLS...HINSDALE AND GREAT VALLEY. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 17 AND 27. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4200 7906 4213 7905 4231 7832 4200 7832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 255DEG 46KT 4196 7907 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
766 WWUS51 KBUF 052136 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 536 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 NYC009-052200- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160605T2200Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 536 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 535 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLEGANY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF OLEAN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...ST. BONAVENTURE... WESTON MILLS...HINSDALE AND GREAT VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4200 7879 4219 7880 4231 7832 4200 7832 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 255DEG 46KT 4206 7857 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ HIBBERT
728
WWUS51 KBUF 052203
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
603 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
NYC009-052212-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160605T2200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
603 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4200 7879 4219 7880 4231 7832 4200 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 255DEG 46KT 4206 7857
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Erie, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 75 min |
| Jun 5, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 39 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.