Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 25, 2016, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2016, 7:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Machias, NY | TREES 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBUF 252237
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-029-121-252345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0055.160825T2237Z-160825T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
637 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 637 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SPRINGVILLE... OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT
20 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...
SPRINGVILLE...ARCADE...RUSHFORD...EAST CONCORD...CHAFFEE...
HOUGHTON...ASHFORD HOLLOW AND CONCORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4236 7890 4256 7891 4265 7813 4238 7810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 265DEG 19KT 4249 7868
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WOOD2 follow-up statements
348
WWUS51 KBUF 252306
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
706 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
NYC003-009-029-121-252345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160825T2345Z/
ERIE NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-WYOMING NY-
706 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE...NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS...NORTHWESTERN
ALLEGANY AND SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES...
AT 705 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ARCADE...OR 19
MILES SOUTH OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGVILLE...ARCADE...RUSHFORD...EAST CONCORD...CHAFFEE...
HOUGHTON...YORKSHIRE AND SARDINIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4238 7868 4258 7871 4265 7813 4238 7810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 265DEG 19KT 4250 7847
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WOOD755
WWUS51 KBUF 252321
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
721 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
NYC003-009-029-121-252331-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160825T2345Z/
ERIE NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-WYOMING NY-
721 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE...
NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS...NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY AND SOUTHWESTERN
WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4238 7868 4258 7871 4265 7813 4238 7810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 265DEG 19KT 4251 7835
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 29 min |
| Aug 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 57 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.