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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 9, 2021Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 3:18 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 57 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
Jun 9, 2021, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

831 
WUUS51 KBUF 091918
SVRBUF
NYC009-092015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0011.210609T1918Z-210609T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
318 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Cattaraugus County in western New York...

* Until 415 PM EDT..

* At 317 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Salamanca,
  moving southwest at 10 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Salamanca, Allegany State Park, Great Valley, Carrollton, Randolph,
  Napoli, Little Valley, Humphrey, East Randolph and Ellicottville.

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 15 and 21.
 
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 4200 7906 4217 7906 4232 7865 4220 7848
      4200 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 058DEG 10KT 4219 7871 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mitchell
2 follow-up statements
314 
WWUS51 KBUF 091951
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
351 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NYC009-092015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210609T2015Z/
Cattaraugus NY-
351 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

At 348 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ashford, or 9
miles northeast of Salamanca, moving southwest at 5 mph. Additional
severe thunderstorms were near Salamanca, moving southwest at 5 mph. 

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Salamanca, Allegany State Park, Great Valley, Carrollton, Randolph,
Napoli, Little Valley, Humphrey, East Randolph and Ellicottville.

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 15 and 21.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall are occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7906 4217 7906 4232 7865 4220 7848
      4200 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 055DEG 5KT 4226 7858 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLA
713 
WWUS51 KBUF 092017
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
417 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

NYC009-092025-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210609T2015Z/
Cattaraugus NY-
417 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However small 
hail and gusty winds remain possible. 

Heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm. A flash flood 
warning remains in effect for central Cattaraugus county through 
early this evening. 

LAT...LON 4200 7906 4217 7906 4232 7865 4220 7848
      4200 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 058DEG 10KT 4223 7865 

$$

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus92 min
Jun 9, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany27 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany25 min
Jun 9, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus43 min
Jun 9, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus66 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany3 hr
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus3 hr
Jun 9, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany61 min
Jun 9, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua40 min
Jun 9, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua3 hr
Jun 9, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua47 min
Jun 9, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus64 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua33 min
Jun 9, 6:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus116 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.