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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 29, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2021, 2:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 64 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 29, 2021, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2021-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WUUS51 KBUF 291811
SVRBUF
NYC051-055-069-117-291915-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0103.210829T1811Z-210829T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
211 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Wayne County in western New York...
  Northeastern Livingston County in western New York...
  South central Monroe County in western New York...
  Northern Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 211 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hemlock, or
  near Geneseo, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Canandaigua, Palmyra, Avon, Victor, Honeoye Falls, Bristol, Lima,
  Bloomfield, Honeoye and Hemlock.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 8 and 10.
 Interstate 90 between exits 45 and 43.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4275 7778 4293 7779 4307 7723 4281 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 255DEG 22KT 4284 7769 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Apffel
2 follow-up statements
861 
WWUS51 KBUF 291832
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

NYC051-055-069-117-291915-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210829T1915Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE
AND NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bloomfield, or
12 miles west of Canandaigua, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Canandaigua, Palmyra, Victor, Honeoye Falls, Bristol, Lima,
Bloomfield, Honeoye, Hemlock and Farmington.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 44 and 43.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4276 7761 4293 7765 4307 7723 4281 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 255DEG 22KT 4287 7752 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Apffel
088 
WWUS51 KBUF 291906
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
306 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

NYC051-055-069-117-291915-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210829T1915Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
306 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN
LIVINGSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4276 7761 4293 7765 4307 7723 4281 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 255DEG 22KT 4292 7725 

$$

Apffel

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston54 min
Aug 29, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson56 min
Aug 29, 1:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis58 min
Aug 29, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson3 hr
Aug 29, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 29, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara53 min
Aug 29, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua66 min
Aug 29, 12:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFNiagara3 hr
Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFSeneca35 min
Aug 29, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario41 min
Aug 29, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario, Wayne60 min
Aug 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario20 min
Aug 29, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario10 min
Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Aug 29, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario31 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.