Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 13, 2021, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 7:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 2252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
134
WUUS51 KBUF 132323
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-140015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0016.210613T2323Z-210614T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
723 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Erie County in western New York...
Southwestern Niagara County in western New York...
* Until 815 PM EDT..
* At 722 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of
Niagara Falls, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Kenmore, Amherst,
Tonawanda, Grand Island and Pendleton Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4313 7905 4314 7871
4290 7880 4293 7891 4296 7893 4296 7896
4298 7901 4300 7902 4302 7902 4306 7900
4307 7901 4308 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 281DEG 17KT 4307 7910
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EAJ2 follow-up statements
662
WWUS51 KBUF 132349
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
749 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
NYC029-063-140015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210614T0015Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
749 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL ERIE AND SOUTHWESTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...
At 749 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grand Island,
or near North Tonawanda, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Kenmore,
Amherst, Tonawanda, Grand Island and Pendleton Center.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4313 7905 4314 7871
4290 7880 4293 7891 4296 7893 4296 7896
4298 7901 4300 7902 4302 7902 4306 7900
4307 7901 4308 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 281DEG 17KT 4305 7893
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EAJ070
WWUS51 KBUF 132358
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
758 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
NYC029-063-140008-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210614T0015Z/
Erie NY-Niagara NY-
758 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ERIE AND
SOUTHWESTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Buffalo.
LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4313 7905 4314 7871
4290 7880 4293 7891 4296 7893 4296 7896
4298 7901 4300 7902 4302 7902 4306 7900
4307 7901 4308 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 281DEG 17KT 4304 7887
$$
EAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 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.