Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBUF 172200
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-029-172245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0078.160917T2200Z-160917T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
600 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 600 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM EVANGOLA STATE PARK TO NEAR SILVER CREEK TO NEAR
LAKE ERIE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...LACKAWANNA...FREDONIA...LANCASTER...
HAMBURG...EAST AURORA AND EVANS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 58 AND 56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4225 7959 4245 7931 4259 7920 4260 7918
4264 7916 4297 7851 4293 7846 4287 7846
4287 7849 4278 7849 4278 7846 4277 7846
4260 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 240DEG 49KT 4263 7911 4250 7921 4235 7942
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HIBBERT1 follow-up statement
187
WWUS51 KBUF 172224
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
624 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NYC009-013-029-172245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160917T2245Z/
ERIE NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-
624 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ERIE...NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHEASTERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...
AT 623 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ORCHARD PARK TO EDEN TO NEAR SILVER CREEK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...LACKAWANNA...LANCASTER...HAMBURG...EAST
AURORA...ELMA AND BOSTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 58 AND 56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING WIND
DAMAGE ACROSS WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTFIELD. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 7916 4275 7894 4297 7851 4293 7846
4287 7846 4287 7849 4278 7849 4278 7846
4277 7846 4260 7870 4241 7920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 240DEG 49KT 4277 7877 4264 7887 4249 7908
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 10:21 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 25 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 26 hr | |
| Sep 17, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Sep 17, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Sep 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 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.