Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2016, 9:04 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Vandalia, NY | TREES DOWN |
| Sep 10, 9:43 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Franklinville, NY | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted.
115 WUUS51 KBUF 110104 SVRBUF NYC003-009-110200- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0072.160911T0104Z-160911T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 904 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. * AT 904 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCANDIA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLEGANY STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...FRANKLINVILLE... BELFAST...CUBA AND RUSHFORD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 16 AND 30. 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 THIS STORM. 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. && LAT...LON 4200 7902 4216 7903 4251 7807 4200 7805 TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 240DEG 52KT 4197 7894 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
3 follow-up statements
355
WWUS51 KBUF 110119
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
919 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
NYC003-009-110200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160911T0200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
919 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
AT 918 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALAMANCA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLEAN...SALAMANCA...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...FRANKLINVILLE...
BELFAST...CUBA AND RUSHFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 16 AND 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7902 4216 7903 4251 7807 4200 7805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 235DEG 51KT 4211 7876
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RSH462
WWUS51 KBUF 110136
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
936 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
NYC003-009-110200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160911T0200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
936 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
AT 935 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ASHFORD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
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...
OLEAN...ALLEGANY STATE PARK...ALLEGANY...FRANKLINVILLE...BELFAST...CUBA...
RUSHFORD AND ST. BONAVENTURE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4205 7866 4228 7869 4251 7807 4207 7805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 235DEG 50KT 4223 7852
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RSH428
WWUS51 KBUF 110200
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1000 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
NYC003-009-110210-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160911T0200Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
1000 PM EDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4205 7866 4228 7869 4251 7807 4207 7805
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 240DEG 52KT 4223 7852
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Sep 10, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Sep 10, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Sep 10, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 48 min |
| Sep 11, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 52 min |
| Sep 11, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.