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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 23, 2019Genesee County, Monroe County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2019, 7:01 PM EDT for Genesee County, Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 23, 2019, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Sep 23, 7:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Barre, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN ON COLVER RD.
Sep 23, 7:04 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Barre, NYTREE AND WIRES DOWN ON CULVER RD.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2019-09-23Temperature 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°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 2019-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

677 
WUUS51 KBUF 232301
SVRBUF
NYC037-055-073-240000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0103.190923T2301Z-190924T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
701 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Orleans County in western New York...
  Northwestern Monroe County in western New York...
  Northeastern Genesee County in western New York...

* Until 800 PM EDT..

* At 700 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Albion,
  moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Barre, Clarendon, Rochester, Greece, Chili, Brockport, Albion, 
  Hilton, Gates-North Gates, Spencerport, Churchville and Holley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4309 7831 4324 7830 4334 7775 4326 7761
      4310 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 253DEG 43KT 4318 7815 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hitchcock
2 follow-up statements
877 
WWUS51 KBUF 232325
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
725 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

NYC037-073-232334-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-190924T0000Z/
Orleans NY-Genesee NY-
725 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS AND
NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4326 7761 4310 7772 4310 7790 4313 7791
      4314 7791 4330 7798 4334 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 257DEG 40KT 4319 7782 

$$

NYC055-240000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-190924T0000Z/
Monroe NY-
725 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 724 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerport, or
near Greece, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Chili, Brockport, Gates, Spencerport, 
Churchville, Charlotte and North Chili.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4326 7761 4310 7772 4310 7790 4313 7791
      4314 7791 4330 7798 4334 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 257DEG 40KT 4319 7782 

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

Hitchcock
185 
WWUS51 KBUF 232340
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
740 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

NYC055-232350-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-190924T0000Z/
Monroe NY-
740 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4326 7761 4310 7772 4310 7790 4313 7791
      4314 7791 4330 7798 4334 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 253DEG 43KT 4325 7756 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 10:29 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie21 hr
Sep 23, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Orleans41 min
Sep 23, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego45 min
Sep 23, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Niagara42 min
Sep 23, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee44 min
Sep 23, 7:14 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFCayuga, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, Wayne18 hr
Sep 23, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus51 min
Sep 23, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe36 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.