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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2021Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 12:42 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 1, 2021, 12:42 PM EDT (16:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
48 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

734 
WUUS51 KBUF 011642
SVRBUF
NYC003-011730-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0094.210801T1642Z-210801T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1242 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM EDT..

* At 1242 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of Wellsville, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Wellsville, Whitesville, Bolivar, Andover, Alma, Richburg,
  Stannards, Paynesville, and Little Genesee.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7830 4211 7831 4219 7774 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 261DEG 27KT 4204 7804 

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

Hitchcock
2 follow-up statements
471 
WWUS51 KBUF 011657
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1257 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYC003-011730-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210801T1730Z/
Allegany NY-
1257 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

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

At 1256 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Whitesville,
or 7 miles southeast of Wellsville, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wellsville, Whitesville, Bolivar, Andover, Alma, Richburg, Stannards,
Paynesville, and Little Genesee.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4200 7830 4211 7831 4219 7774 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 261DEG 29KT 4205 7784 

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

Hitchcock
108 
WWUS51 KBUF 011723
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
123 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYC003-011733-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210801T1730Z/
Allegany NY-
123 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Buffalo.

LAT...LON 4200 7830 4211 7831 4219 7774 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 261DEG 27KT 4208 7761 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie45 min
Aug 1, 9:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston35 min
Aug 1, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua37 min
Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming34 min
Aug 1, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua46 min
Aug 1, 10:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany43 min
Aug 1, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis46 min
Aug 1, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus42 min
Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Aug 1, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany42 min
Aug 1, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany82 min
Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson81 min
Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario46 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF116 min
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 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.