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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 1, 20175 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 14 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 1, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 4:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHolley, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
May 1, 4:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGKendall, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 306 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS51 KBUF 012016
SVRBUF
NYC037-051-055-073-121-012030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0009.170501T2016Z-170501T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
416 PM EDT MON MAY 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Wyoming County in western New York...
  Livingston County in western New York...
  Eastern Orleans County in western New York...
  Monroe County in western New York...
  Eastern Genesee County in western New York...

* Until 430 PM EDT.

* At 415 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Albion to near Batavia to near Varysburg,
  moving northeast at 65 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...
  Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Brockport, Geneseo, Hilton
  and Brighton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 12.
 Interstate 90 between exits 47 and 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for western New
York.

LAT...LON 4252 7809 4301 7800 4340 7814 4341 7810
      4341 7799 4339 7775 4328 7754 4330 7747
      4326 7744 4257 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 238DEG 58KT 4320 7821 4298 7812 4268 7827 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario40 min
Apr 30, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara48 min
Apr 30, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF81 min
Apr 30, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara41 min
May 1, 3:45 AM EDTLakeshore Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne60 hr
May 1, 6:16 AM EDTFlood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more13 hr
May 1, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
May 1, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua55 min
May 1, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
May 1, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
May 1, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara60 min
May 1, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie54 min
May 1, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
May 1, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming58 min
May 1, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus55 min
May 1, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming51 min
May 1, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston62 min
May 1, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 5 more3 hr
May 1, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF116 min
May 1, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne53 min
May 1, 5:18 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF47 hr
May 1, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego54 min
May 1, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
May 1, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Ontario, Wayne59 min
May 1, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego66 min
May 1, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 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.