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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 1, 2018Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2018, 3:35 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 1, 2018, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2018-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2018-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

131 
WUUS51 KBUF 011935
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-012000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0012.180601T1935Z-180601T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
335 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cattaraugus County in western New York...
  Southeastern Chautauqua County in western New York...

* Until 400 PM EDT..

* At 334 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Falconer, or
  9 miles east of Jamestown, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Allegany State Park, Frewsburg, Ellington, Randolph, Napoli, East
  Randolph, Allegheny Reservoir and Onoville.

# 

This includes Interstate 86 between exits 14 and 18.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7900 4206 7919 4224 7912 4221 7876
      4200 7884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 284DEG 11KT 4214 7907 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Church
2 follow-up statements
737 
WWUS51 KBUF 011948
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYC009-013-012000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180601T2000Z/
Cattaraugus NY-Chautauqua NY-
348 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

At 348 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Frewsburg, or 11 miles east of Jamestown, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Allegany State Park, Frewsburg, Ellington, Randolph, Napoli, East
Randolph, Allegheny Reservoir and Onoville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7900 4206 7919 4224 7912 4221 7876
      4200 7884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 284DEG 11KT 4213 7901 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Church
121 
WWUS51 KBUF 011958
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
358 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

NYC009-013-012007-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-180601T2000Z/
Cattaraugus NY-Chautauqua NY-
358 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  

However heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4200 7900 4206 7919 4224 7912 4221 7876
      4200 7884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 284DEG 11KT 4212 7897 

$$

Welch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne50 min
Jun 1, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Ontario, Wayne51 min
Jun 1, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus68 min
Jun 1, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne3 hr
Jun 1, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne44 min
Jun 1, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF76 min
Jun 1, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany22 min
Jun 1, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua3 hr
Jun 1, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston34 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee37 min
Jun 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario65 min
Jun 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario61 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis3 hr
Jun 1, 6:39 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua6 hr

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.