Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports 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
- Sep 10, 2016, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lockport, NY | POWERPOLE DOWN. |
| Sep 10, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lockport, NY | TREE FELL ONTO HOUSE THEN DOWN ONTO LAWN ON PRENTICE STREET. |
| Sep 10, 7:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Barker, NY | TREE DOWN ON GARAGE IN SOMERSET |
| Sep 10, 7:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Barker, NY | WIRES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBUF 102238
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-102330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0063.160910T2238Z-160910T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
638 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 636 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
NIAGARA FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIAGARA FALLS...NORTH TONAWANDA...LOCKPORT...GRAND ISLAND...
NEWFANE...LEWISTON...YOUNGSTOWN AND MIDDLEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY AND GRAND
ISLAND. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4329 7908 4341 7863 4341 7815 4338 7812
4337 7846 4335 7847 4318 7846 4300 7902
4306 7900 4308 7907 4311 7906 4312 7907
4314 7904 4325 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 243DEG 41KT 4304 7926
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
HIBBERT2 follow-up statements
938
WWUS51 KBUF 102300
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
700 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
NYC029-063-102330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160910T2330Z/
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-
700 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES...
AT 659 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANBORN...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF NIAGARA FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIAGARA FALLS...NORTH TONAWANDA...LOCKPORT...GRAND ISLAND...
NEWFANE...LEWISTON...YOUNGSTOWN AND MIDDLEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4329 7908 4340 7864 4341 7815 4338 7812
4337 7846 4335 7847 4318 7846 4300 7902
4306 7900 4308 7907 4312 7907 4314 7904
4325 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 240DEG 42KT 4316 7894
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
HIBBERT392
WWUS51 KBUF 102329
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
729 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
NYC029-063-102338-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160910T2330Z/
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-
729 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ERIE AND NIAGARA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4329 7908 4340 7864 4341 7815 4338 7812
4337 7846 4335 7847 4318 7846 4300 7902
4306 7900 4308 7907 4312 7907 4314 7904
4325 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 243DEG 41KT 4316 7894
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 10:18 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Sep 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 82 min | |
| Sep 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 64 min |
| Sep 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 64 min |
| Sep 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 min | |
| Sep 10, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Sep 10, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 10, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 43 min |
| Sep 10, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| Sep 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.