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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 16, 20255 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2025, 2:19 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 16, 2025, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2025, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 16, 2:30 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 47	3 W Niagara Falls, NY	Peak gust at KIAG ASOS.
Mar 16, 2:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wilson, NY	Trees and wires downed in the Town of Wilson.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 485 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 627 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

269 
WUUS51 KBUF 161819
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-063-073-121-161915-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0003.250316T1819Z-250316T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
219 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Wyoming County in western New York...
  Erie County in western New York...
  Niagara County in western New York...
  Orleans County in western New York...
  Genesee County in western New York...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 218 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles northwest of Fort Niagara State Park to 8
  miles southwest of Grand Island to 6 miles northwest of Silver
  Creek, moving northeast at 65 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Angola, Clarence Center, Fort Niagara State Park, Bliss, Depew,
  Colden, Newfane, Pembroke, Woodlawn Beach State Park, and Lewiston.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 48 and 57A.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4273 7908 4280 7892 4293 7891 4299 7901
      4307 7901 4308 7908 4315 7904 4330 7909
      4340 7864 4339 7783 4335 7785 4336 7799
      4314 7800 4313 7794 4252 7818 4254 7847
      4244 7888 4253 7900 4257 7911 4251 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 243DEG 57KT 4338 7916 4295 7911 4260 7926 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Welch

1 follow-up statement

864 
WWUS51 KBUF 161850
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
250 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

NYC029-037-063-073-121-161915-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250316T1915Z/
Wyoming NY-Erie NY-Niagara NY-Orleans NY-Genesee NY-
250 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR WYOMING...ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES...

At 249 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 21 miles north of Newfane to Lockport to Lackawanna,
moving northeast at 60 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Angola, Clarence Center, Fort Niagara State Park, Bliss, Depew,
Colden, Newfane, Pembroke, Woodlawn Beach State Park, and Lewiston.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 48 and 57A.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4273 7908 4280 7892 4293 7891 4299 7901
      4307 7901 4308 7908 4315 7904 4330 7909
      4340 7864 4339 7783 4335 7785 4336 7799
      4314 7800 4313 7794 4252 7818 4254 7847
      4244 7888 4253 7900 4257 7911 4251 7931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 231DEG 53KT 4360 7874 4317 7870 4282 7885 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Welch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 3:06 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	11 hr
Mar 16, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	27 min
Mar 16, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	53 min
Mar 16, 1:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min
Mar 16, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	56 min
Mar 16, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		29 min
Mar 16, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Mar 16, 2:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	53 min
Mar 16, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming	63 min
Mar 16, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		64 min
Mar 16, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	62 min
Mar 16, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Mar 16, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	54 min
Mar 16, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		35 min
Mar 16, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	81 min
Mar 16, 5:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	9 hr
Mar 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson	22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.