Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 16, 2018, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
104 WUUS51 KBUF 162322 SVRBUF NYC009-013-029-170000- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0036.180716T2322Z-180717T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Buffalo NY 722 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018 The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Cattaraugus County in western New York... South central Erie County in western New York... East central Chautauqua County in western New York... * Until 800 PM EDT.. * At 721 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of Jamestown, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Springville, Colden, Gowanda, Ashford, Ashford Hollow, East Concord, Concord and Collins. # 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 4214 7937 4232 7943 4265 7868 4225 7852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 244DEG 49KT 4225 7928 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
1 follow-up statement
469 WWUS51 KBUF 162349 SVSBUF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 749 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018 NYC009-013-029-170000- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-180717T0000Z/ Cattaraugus NY-Erie NY-Chautauqua NY- 749 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS...SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE AND EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES... At 748 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast of Falconer, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Springville, Colden, Gowanda, Ashford, Ashford Hollow, East Concord, Concord and Collins. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4216 7922 4238 7926 4265 7868 4230 7854 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 231DEG 62KT 4229 7908 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jul 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 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.