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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 26, 2021Erie County, Niagara County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 7:36 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Buffalo Airport, NYOBSERVATION 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-03-26Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

320 
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
 
$$

Hitchcock
3 follow-up statements
325 
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
 
$$

Hitchcock
253 
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 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF31 hr
Mar 26, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Wyoming48 min
Mar 26, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Mar 26, 7:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans45 min
Mar 26, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Mar 26, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego45 min
Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Mar 26, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego47 min
Mar 26, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego37 min
Mar 26, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego61 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.