Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 17, 2016, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 17, 6:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Corfu, NY | TREE DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
544 WUUS51 KBUF 172213 SVRBUF NYC029-037-063-073-172300- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0079.160917T2213Z-160917T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 613 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT. * AT 613 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PEMBROKE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF DARIEN LAKES STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATAVIA...DARIEN LAKES STATE PARK...LE ROY...PEMBROKE...AKRON...ALDEN... BYRON AND OAKFIELD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 48A AND 48. 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4289 7855 4312 7854 4326 7801 4289 7800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 249DEG 48KT 4303 7841 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
679 WWUS51 KBUF 172230 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 630 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 NYC029-063-172240- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/ ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY- 630 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4289 7834 4318 7830 4326 7801 4289 7800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 249DEG 41KT 4325 7821 4309 7817 4293 7825 $$ NYC037-073-172300- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/ GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY- 630 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL GENESEE AND SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES... AT 630 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALBION TO NEAR OAKFIELD TO NEAR ATTICA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BATAVIA...LE ROY...BYRON...OAKFIELD...HOLLEY...CLARENDON...STAFFORD AND ELBA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 NEAR EXIT 48. 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 THESE STORMS. 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. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4289 7834 4318 7830 4326 7801 4289 7800 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 249DEG 41KT 4325 7821 4309 7817 4293 7825 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
550
WWUS51 KBUF 172252
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
652 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NYC037-073-172301-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160917T2300Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-
652 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GENESEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4289 7834 4318 7830 4326 7801 4289 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 249DEG 48KT 4325 7821 4309 7817 4293 7825
$$
RSHThe 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, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 45 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 |
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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.