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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 5, 2016Cattaraugus County, New York

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.

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
Jun 5, 5:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGreat Valley, NYTREES DOWN ON POWERLINES
Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOlean, NYPOWERLINE AND LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN
Jun 5, 5:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPortville, NYPOWERLINES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 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 2016-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis, Oswego58 min
Jun 5, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis33 min
Jun 5, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis27 min
Jun 5, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jun 5, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara55 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jun 5, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie35 min
Jun 5, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Erie, Wyoming44 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus75 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston39 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.