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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 5, 2016Allegany County, Erie County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT for Allegany County, Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
Jun 5, 2016, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allegany County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.

309 
WUUS51 KBUF 052131
SVRBUF
NYC003-029-121-052215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0006.160605T2131Z-160605T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
531 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 531 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHAFFEE...OR
  13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LETCHWORTH STATE PARK...PERRY...WARSAW...ARCADE...CHAFFEE...
  PORTAGEVILLE...YORKSHIRE AND HOLLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4252 7846 4254 7847 4251 7857
      4266 7861 4279 7800 4266 7797 4262 7799
      4260 7803 4260 7801 4259 7801 4258 7805
      4257 7803 4254 7806 4253 7804 4252 7804
      4251 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 259DEG 23KT 4259 7849 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HIBBERT
2 follow-up statements
027 
WWUS51 KBUF 052156
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
556 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

NYC003-029-052206-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160605T2215Z/
ERIE NY-ALLEGANY NY-
556 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4254 7832 4263 7833 4271 7798 4266 7797
      4262 7799 4260 7803 4260 7801 4259 7801
      4258 7805 4257 7803 4254 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 261DEG 27KT 4259 7827 

$$

NYC121-052215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160605T2215Z/
WYOMING NY-
556 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY...

AT 556 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ARCADE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF LETCHWORTH STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LETCHWORTH STATE PARK...PORTAGEVILLE...EAGLE...PIKE...CASTILE...SILVER
SPRINGS...GAINESVILLE AND HERMITAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4254 7832 4263 7833 4271 7798 4266 7797
      4262 7799 4260 7803 4260 7801 4259 7801
      4258 7805 4257 7803 4254 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 261DEG 27KT 4259 7827 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HIBBERT
943 
WWUS51 KBUF 052213
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
613 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

NYC121-052223-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160605T2215Z/
WYOMING NY-
613 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4254 7832 4263 7833 4271 7798 4266 7797
      4262 7799 4260 7803 4260 7801 4259 7801
      4258 7805 4257 7803 4254 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 259DEG 23KT 4259 7827 

$$

HIBBERT

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, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus56 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus75 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston39 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.