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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 9, 2021Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 61 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, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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

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The text

As transmitted.

395 
WUUS51 KBUF 092014
SVRBUF
NYC003-092115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0012.210609T2014Z-210609T2115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Allegany County in western New York...

* Until 515 PM EDT..

* At 413 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alfred, or
  near Hornell, moving southwest at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wellsville, Alfred, Scio, Andover, Belmont, Angelica, Almond, West
  Almond and Knight Creek.

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 30 and 33.
 
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 4230 7817 4242 7773 4240 7773 4219 7774
      4206 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 064DEG 11KT 4231 7775 

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

Mitchell
2 follow-up statements
962 
WWUS51 KBUF 092057
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-092115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210609T2115Z/
Allegany NY-
457 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY...

At 455 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alfred, or 9
miles north of Wellsville, moving southwest at 15 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wellsville, Scio, Belmont, Angelica and Knight Creek. 

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 30 and 31.
 
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 4235 7797 4216 7783 4209 7803 4230 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 064DEG 11KT 4225 7791 

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

Mitchell
737 
WWUS51 KBUF 092118
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-092125-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210609T2115Z/
Allegany NY-
518 PM EDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has 
been allowed to expire.  However heavy rain is still occurring with 
this thunderstorm as it moves into the Clarksville area where a 
flash flood warning is currently in effect.

LAT...LON 4235 7797 4216 7783 4209 7803 4230 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 064DEG 11KT 4223 7796 

$$

Mitchell

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, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus57 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany3 hr
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus3 hr
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.