Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 49 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 28, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
264 WUUS51 KBUF 281956 SVRBUF NYC029-037-063-073-282045- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0059.160828T1956Z-160828T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 356 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 355 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LOCKPORT TO NEAR PENDLETON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOCKPORT...MEDINA...ALBION...PENDLETON...AKRON...MIDDLEPORT... OAKFIELD AND SHELBY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OVER ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4324 7813 4298 7824 4307 7878 4321 7872 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 277DEG 36KT 4318 7858 4308 7864 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
805 WWUS51 KBUF 282022 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 422 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 NYC029-037-063-073-282045- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160828T2045Z/ ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY- 422 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...NORTHWESTERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES... AT 420 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MEDINA TO NEAR AKRON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MEDINA...ALBION...AKRON...MIDDLEPORT...OAKFIELD...SHELBY... ALABAMA AND ELBA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOURS TIME. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4324 7813 4298 7824 4306 7874 4322 7847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 275DEG 29KT 4321 7842 4304 7857 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
372
WWUS51 KBUF 282043
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
443 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
NYC029-037-063-073-282053-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160828T2045Z/
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-
443 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...NORTHWESTERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4324 7813 4298 7824 4306 7874 4322 7847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 277DEG 36KT 4321 7842 4304 7857
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.