Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2019, 10:48 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 8, 2019, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2019, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
280
WUUS51 KBUF 081448
SVRBUF
NYC029-081530-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0065.190808T1448Z-190808T1530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1048 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Erie County in western New York...
* Until 1130 AM EDT..
* At 1048 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kenmore,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lackawanna, Kenmore, Depew, Amherst and Tonawanda.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 55 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4303 7888 4302 7888 4302 7884 4304 7882
4308 7846 4287 7848 4287 7849 4280 7849
4281 7892 4284 7893 4289 7891 4293 7891
4296 7893 4296 7896 4298 7900 4301 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 256DEG 32KT 4295 7889
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TMA2 follow-up statements
535
WWUS51 KBUF 081516
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1116 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019
NYC029-081530-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-190808T1530Z/
Erie NY-
1116 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY...
At 1116 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Clarence to West Seneca, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lackawanna, Kenmore, Depew, Amherst and Tonawanda.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 55 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4303 7888 4302 7888 4302 7884 4304 7882
4308 7846 4287 7848 4287 7849 4280 7849
4281 7892 4284 7893 4289 7891 4293 7891
4296 7893 4296 7896 4298 7900 4301 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 263DEG 24KT 4305 7861 4282 7875
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Levan844
WWUS51 KBUF 081532
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1132 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019
NYC029-081542-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-190808T1530Z/
Erie NY-
1132 AM EDT Thu Aug 8 2019
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4303 7888 4302 7888 4302 7884 4304 7882
4308 7846 4287 7848 4287 7849 4280 7849
4281 7892 4284 7893 4289 7891 4293 7891
4296 7893 4296 7896 4298 7900 4301 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 256DEG 32KT 4308 7843 4285 7857
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:41 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 22 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:42 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 71 hr | |
| Aug 8, 4:33 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Oswego, Wayne | 65 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 8, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 8, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 10:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Aug 8, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Aug 8, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Livingston | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 8, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 67 min |
| Aug 8, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 86 min | |
| Aug 8, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Oswego | 70 min |
| Aug 8, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 48 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.