Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- May 28, 2017, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2017, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Delevan, NY | |
| May 28, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Sardinia, NY | SPOTTER REPORT WITH PICTURES OF 2 INCH HAIL NEAR ROUTE 39 AND 16 IN SARDINA |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
248
WUUS51 KBUF 282228
SVRBUF
NYC009-029-121-282315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0032.170528T2228Z-170528T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
628 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Wyoming County in western New York...
Northeastern Cattaraugus County in western New York...
Southeastern Erie County in western New York...
* Until 715 PM EDT.
* At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ashford
Hollow, or 17 miles north of Salamanca, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Arcade, Chaffee, Yorkshire, Holland, Sardinia, Delevan, West Valley
and Lime Lake-Machias.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4235 7859 4242 7870 4265 7852 4251 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 220DEG 21KT 4242 7864
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Apffel2 follow-up statements
763
WWUS51 KBUF 282252
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
652 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
NYC009-029-121-282315-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170528T2315Z/
Wyoming NY-Cattaraugus NY-Erie NY-
652 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING...NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHEASTERN
ERIE COUNTIES...
At 652 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Chaffee, or 17
miles south of East Aurora, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to
trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Arcade, Chaffee, Yorkshire, Holland, Sardinia, Delevan and Sandusky.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4245 7847 4252 7856 4265 7852 4251 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 220DEG 21KT 4253 7851
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Apffel857
WWUS51 KBUF 282311
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
711 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
NYC009-029-121-282321-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170528T2315Z/
Wyoming NY-Cattaraugus NY-Erie NY-
711 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING...
NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM EDT...
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 will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4245 7847 4252 7856 4265 7852 4251 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 220DEG 21KT 4261 7841
$$
ApffelThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 78 min |
| May 28, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 55 min |
| May 28, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 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.