Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2016, 8:09 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2016, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 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
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
322
WUUS51 KBUF 260009
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-260100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0057.160826T0009Z-160826T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
809 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 808 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALLEGANY
STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...LIMESTONE...
ST. BONAVENTURE...WESTON MILLS...CARROLLTON AND BOLIVAR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 18 AND 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7883 4202 7890 4219 7882 4207 7817
4200 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 288DEG 26KT 4208 7877
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WOOD2 follow-up statements
705 WWUS51 KBUF 260037 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 837 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016 NYC003-009-260100- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160826T0100Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY- 837 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES... AT 837 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. BONAVENTURE...OR NEAR OLEAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...ST. BONAVENTURE... WESTON MILLS...CARROLLTON...PORTVILLE AND LIMESTONE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 26. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4200 7884 4215 7861 4204 7818 4200 7820 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 288DEG 26KT 4202 7851 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WOOD
038
WWUS51 KBUF 260100
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
900 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
NYC003-009-260110-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160826T0100Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
900 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4200 7884 4215 7861 4204 7818 4200 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 288DEG 26KT 4202 7851
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.