Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2016, 7:25 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 50 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, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 7:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Albion, NY | TREES DOWN ON LEON ROAD. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
755
WUUS51 KBUF 252325
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-260015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0056.160825T2325Z-160826T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
725 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FALCONER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...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...
SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...FREWSBURG...NEW ALBION...
CONEWANGO...ELLINGTON...LEON AND CARROLLTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 14 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4205 7914 4230 7922 4234 7866 4207 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 264DEG 19KT 4218 7910
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WOOD1 follow-up statement
819
WWUS51 KBUF 252356
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
756 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
NYC013-260006-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160826T0015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
756 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4206 7899 4226 7900 4228 7865 4207 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 275DEG 22KT 4213 7898
$$
NYC009-260015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160826T0015Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
756 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FREWSBURG...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLEGANY STATE PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 25 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...
SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...CARROLLTON...RANDOLPH...NAPOLI...
LITTLE VALLEY...EAST RANDOLPH AND ELLICOTTVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 16 AND 21.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4206 7899 4226 7900 4228 7865 4207 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 275DEG 22KT 4213 7898
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 57 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.