Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 64 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
- Sep 8, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
659
WUUS51 KBUF 081956
SVRBUF
NYC013-082100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0062.160908T1956Z-160908T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
356 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 356 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH
EAST... OR 13 MILES EAST OF ERIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...WESTFIELD...LAKEWOOD...FALCONER...
MAYVILLE AND CLYMER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 59.
INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4244 7950 4248 7946 4258 7925 4259 7921
4200 7906 4200 7976 4227 7976 4228 7973
4231 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 245DEG 37KT 4217 7986
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
THOMAS2 follow-up statements
317
WWUS51 KBUF 082036
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
436 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
NYC013-082100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160908T2100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
436 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
AT 435 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LONG POINT
STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...FREDONIA...WESTFIELD...LAKEWOOD...FALCONER...MAYVILLE...
CLYMER AND JAMESTOWN WEST.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 13.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4239 7950 4242 7939 4247 7920 4200 7906
4200 7976 4218 7976 4225 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 258DEG 34KT 4220 7938
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
THOMAS970
WWUS51 KBUF 082100
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
NYC013-082110-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-160908T2100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
500 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4239 7950 4242 7939 4247 7920 4200 7906
4200 7976 4218 7976 4225 7965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 245DEG 37KT 4220 7938
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:34 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 21 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 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.