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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 5, 2016Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 75 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, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.

480 
WUUS51 KBUF 052145
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-052300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0007.160605T2145Z-160605T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 544 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR ASHFORD TO NEAR BRADFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WELLSVILLE...ALFRED...BELFAST...CUBA...WHITESVILLE...FRIENDSHIP...SCIO
  AND BOLIVAR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 28 AND 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7833 4232 7833 4243 7773 4240 7773
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 252DEG 33KT 4236 7859 4191 7862 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
3 follow-up statements
939 
WWUS51 KBUF 052219
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-052228-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160605T2300Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
619 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE  MOVED OUT OF
SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THAT AREA.

LAT...LON 4200 7824 4234 7822 4243 7773 4240 7773
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 254DEG 39KT 4241 7822 4201 7824 

$$

NYC003-052300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160605T2300Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
619 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 618 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RUSHFORD TO NEAR SHINGLEHOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSVILLE...ALFRED...BELFAST...WHITESVILLE...FRIENDSHIP...SCIO...BOLIVAR
AND ANDOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7824 4234 7822 4243 7773 4240 7773
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 254DEG 39KT 4241 7822 4201 7824 

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

RSH
996 
WWUS51 KBUF 052238
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-052300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160605T2300Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
638 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 637 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF ARKPORT TO NEAR GENESEE...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLSVILLE...ALFRED...WHITESVILLE...SCIO...ANDOVER...ALMOND...WEST ALMOND
AND BIRDSALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7801 4238 7800 4243 7773 4240 7773
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 260DEG 47KT 4242 7790 4202 7792 

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

RSH
498 
WWUS51 KBUF 052257
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-052307-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160605T2300Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
657 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4200 7801 4238 7800 4243 7773 4240 7773
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 252DEG 33KT 4242 7790 4202 7792 

$$

RSH

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, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Erie, Wyoming44 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston39 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.