Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 22, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2017, 7:15 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, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBUF 222228
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-222315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0121.170822T2228Z-170822T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
628 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Erie County in western New York...
Southern Niagara County in western New York...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 628 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest
of Niagara Falls, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, West Seneca, North Tonawanda,
Clarence, Lackawanna and Kenmore.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 56 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4312 7906 4316 7846 4287 7846 4287 7849
4278 7849 4278 7846 4271 7846 4270 7847
4280 7892 4284 7893 4289 7891 4293 7891
4296 7893 4296 7896 4299 7901 4302 7902
4306 7900 4308 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 279DEG 34KT 4300 7920
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Church2 follow-up statements
259
WWUS51 KBUF 222254
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
654 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
NYC029-063-222315-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-170822T2315Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
654 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...
At 654 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kenmore, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lackawanna, Kenmore and Depew.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 56 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4316 7846 4287 7846 4287 7849 4278 7849
4278 7846 4270 7847 4280 7892 4284 7893
4292 7890 4296 7893 4313 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 279DEG 34KT 4296 7886
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Church664
WWUS51 KBUF 222314
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
714 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
NYC029-063-222323-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-170822T2315Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
714 PM EDT TUE AUG 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN
NIAGARA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
eastern Erie and southeast Niagara.
LAT...LON 4316 7846 4287 7846 4287 7849 4278 7849
4278 7846 4270 7847 4280 7892 4284 7893
4292 7890 4296 7893 4313 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 279DEG 34KT 4293 7862
$$
ChurchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 10:39 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson | 23 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:04 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 13 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:09 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne | 40 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 48 min | |
| Aug 22, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 22, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Aug 22, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 22, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 22, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Lewis, Oswego | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 1 more | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 19 min |
| Aug 22, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 47 min | |
| Aug 22, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 22, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 30 min | |
| Aug 22, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 22 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.