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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 15, 2021Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 8:18 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2021, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 8:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBemus Point, NYTREE DOWN ON LAKESIDE DRIVE BLOCKING ROADWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

905 
WUUS51 KBUF 160018
SVRBUF
NYC013-160115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0075.210716T0018Z-210716T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
818 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Chautauqua County in western New York...

* Until 915 PM EDT..

* At 818 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of 
  Chautauqua Institution, or 19 miles west of Jamestown and moving 
  east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jamestown, Westfield, Lakewood, Falconer, Mayville, Clymer, Long
  Point State Park, Jamestown West, Chautauqua Institution and
  Frewsburg.

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 6 and 14.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4201 7974 4230 7970 4244 7910 4213 7906
      4200 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 255DEG 39KT 4217 7961 

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

Reynolds
2 follow-up statements
530 
WWUS51 KBUF 160042
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
842 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

NYC013-160115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210716T0115Z/
Chautauqua NY-
842 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

At 842 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast 
of Long Point State Park, or 9 miles north of Jamestown and moving 
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Lakewood, Falconer, Mayville, Clymer, Long Point State
Park, Jamestown West, Chautauqua Institution, Frewsburg and
Chautauqua.

 This includes Interstate 86 between exits 6 and 14.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4201 7967 4229 7954 4244 7910 4213 7906
      4200 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 255DEG 39KT 4224 7927 

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

Reynolds
758 
WWUS51 KBUF 160111
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
911 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

NYC013-160120-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210716T0115Z/
Chautauqua NY-
911 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4201 7967 4229 7954 4244 7910 4213 7906
      4200 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 255DEG 39KT 4231 7891 

$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie24 min
Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua63 min
Jul 15, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus54 min
Jul 15, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 15, 11:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson36 min
Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua5 hr
Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 8 more32 hr
Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr
Jul 16, 4:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF44 hr
Jul 16, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFChautauqua6 hr
Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFChautauqua6 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.