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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 29, 2021Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 29, 2021, 10:15 AM EDT (14:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 10:47 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Ellington, NYREPORT OF A DOWNED TREE ON ROUTE 62 BETWEEN ABBEY HILL RD AND LITTLE RD.

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 12:00Z, 2.3 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 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 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 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

672 
WUUS51 KBUF 291415
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-029-291515-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0093.210729T1415Z-210729T1515Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1015 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 1115 AM EDT..

* At 1015 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near North Collins to near Dunkirk to near Westfield
  to near Northwest Harborcreek, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Jamestown, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Salamanca, Allegany State Park,
  Westfield, Lakewood, Gowanda, Silver Creek and Falconer.

 This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 61 and 58.
 Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4227 7976 4228 7973 4229 7975 4261 7906
      4226 7832 4200 7900 4200 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 299DEG 26KT 4257 7896 4247 7928 4235 7957 4214
8003

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

JJR
2 follow-up statements
193 
WWUS51 KBUF 291447
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1047 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NYC009-013-029-291515-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210729T1515Z/
Cattaraugus NY-Erie NY-Chautauqua NY-
1047 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHWESTERN ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

At 1046 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
extending from near Springville to 8 miles southwest of Gowanda to 
near Clymer, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Salamanca, Allegany State Park,
Westfield, Lakewood, Gowanda, Silver Creek and Falconer.

 This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 61 and 58.
 Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 21.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4227 7976 4228 7973 4229 7974 4261 7906
      4226 7832 4200 7900 4200 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 298DEG 26KT 4248 7875 4238 7907 4226 7936 4200
7968

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

JJR
471 
WWUS51 KBUF 291510
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1110 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

NYC009-013-029-291520-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-210729T1515Z/
Cattaraugus NY-Erie NY-Chautauqua NY-
1110 AM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHWESTERN
ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM EDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4227 7976 4228 7973 4229 7974 4261 7906
      4226 7832 4200 7900 4200 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 299DEG 26KT 4242 7861 4232 7893 4220 7922 4194
7954

$$

JJR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 29, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua61 min
Jul 29, 4:17 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFCayuga, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, Wayne30 hr
Jul 29, 4:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF27 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.