Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 7:15 AM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 26, 2021, 7:15 AM EDT (11:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:36 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Buffalo Airport, NY | OBSERVATION FROM UPPER AIR RSOIS TOWER. |
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 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS51 KBUF 261115
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-261200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0001.210326T1115Z-210326T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
715 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Erie County in western New York...
Central Niagara County in western New York...
* Until 800 AM EDT..
* At 714 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 13 miles southwest of Grand Island to 8 miles
northwest of Silver Creek, moving northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, West Seneca, North Tonawanda,
Clarence, Lockport, Lackawanna, Hamburg, Kenmore and Depew.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57A and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm contains very little lightning, do not wait for the sound
of thunder to seek shelter.
&&
LAT...LON 4257 7921 4264 7916 4267 7912 4272 7909
4276 7898 4280 7892 4284 7893 4292 7890
4296 7893 4299 7901 4302 7902 4306 7900
4308 7908 4311 7906 4333 7849 4275 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 232DEG 59KT 4291 7918 4264 7926
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Hitchcock3 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBUF 261134
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
734 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
NYC029-063-261200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210326T1200Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
734 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR NORTHERN ERIE AND CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTIES...
At 733 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Tonawanda to Woodlawn Beach State Park, moving
northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, West Seneca, North Tonawanda,
Clarence, Lockport, Lackawanna, Hamburg, Kenmore and Depew.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This storm contains very little lightning, do not wait for the sound
of thunder to seek shelter.
&&
LAT...LON 4264 7916 4267 7912 4272 7909 4276 7898
4280 7892 4284 7893 4292 7890 4296 7893
4299 7901 4302 7902 4306 7900 4308 7908
4311 7906 4333 7849 4275 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1133Z 234DEG 59KT 4301 7885 4281 7888
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Hitchcock253 WWUS51 KBUF 261148 SVSBUF Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 748 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021 NYC029-063-261200- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210326T1200Z/ Erie NY-Niagara NY- 748 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES... At 748 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Pendleton to Depew, moving east at 70 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Clarence, Lockport, Depew, Amherst, Lancaster, Williamsville, Elma and Pendleton. This includes Interstate 90 between exits 50A and 49. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This storm contains very little lightning, do not wait for the sound of thunder to seek shelter. && LAT...LON 4284 7875 4321 7881 4333 7849 4285 7849 TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 270DEG 59KT 4311 7868 4291 7871 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Hitchcock
676
WWUS51 KBUF 261201
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
801 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
NYC029-063-261211-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210326T1200Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
801 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4284 7875 4321 7881 4333 7849 4285 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 270DEG 59KT 4318 7856 4298 7859
$$
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 31 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 45 min | |
| Mar 26, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| Mar 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Mar 26, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 10:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 61 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.