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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2021Erie County, Niagara County, New York

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

EAJ
2 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
 
$$

EAJ
070 
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 

$$

EAJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus36 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara46 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Jun 13, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara63 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 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.