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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 6, 2021Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 6, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 1:01 PM EDT
In force
32 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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, 4.5 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 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 997 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 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

682 
WUUS51 KBUF 061629
SVRBUF
NYC003-061730-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0050.210706T1629Z-210706T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1229 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM EDT..

* At 1228 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Belfast, or
  15 miles northwest of Wellsville, 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...
  Alfred, Belfast, Houghton, Caneadea, Andover, Belmont, Angelica,
  Almond, West Almond and Birdsall.

 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.

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 4228 7826 4243 7818 4238 7773 4210 7774
      4210 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 289DEG 18KT 4232 7809 

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

Hitchcock
2 follow-up statements
860 
WWUS51 KBUF 061651
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1251 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NYC003-061730-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210706T1730Z/
Allegany NY-
1251 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY...

At 1250 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Alfred, or 10
miles west of Hornell, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Alfred, Andover, Almond, West Almond and Birdsall. 

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 32 and 33.
 
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 4220 7803 4240 7792 4238 7773 4210 7774
      4210 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 285DEG 21KT 4229 7787 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Hitchcock
813 
WWUS51 KBUF 061701
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
101 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NYC003-061711-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210706T1730Z/
Allegany NY-
101 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. 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.

Remember, a separate Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in 
effect for southern Allegany County.

LAT...LON 4220 7803 4240 7792 4238 7773 4210 7774
      4210 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 289DEG 18KT 4227 7780 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 5, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson65 min
Jul 6, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
Jul 6, 1:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Jul 6, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego66 min
Jul 6, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego48 min
Jul 6, 4:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF13 hr
Jul 6, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee48 min
Jul 6, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua39 min
Jul 6, 11:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee51 min
Jul 6, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans43 min
Jul 6, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe35 min
Jul 6, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne45 min
Jul 6, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 6, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Ontario, Wayne54 min
Jul 6, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany63 min
Jul 6, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara57 min
Jul 6, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga27 min
Jul 6, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego50 min
Jul 6, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego27 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie57 min
Jul 6, 2:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie3 hr
Jul 6, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe23 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne34 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie38 min
Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie35 min
Jul 6, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming46 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.