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WUUS51 KBUF 311841
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-029-121-311945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0009.260331T1841Z-260331T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
241 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 241 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANGOLA ON THE LAKE TO 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WESTFIELD, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO, CHEEKTOWAGA, WEST SENECA, LACKAWANNA, DUNKIRK, FREDONIA,
HAMBURG, EAST AURORA, EVANS, AND ELMA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 52A AND 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 4253 7939 4260 7919 4272 7909 4280 7892
4289 7890 4288 7846 4287 7846 4287 7828
4231 7882 4244 7950
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 282DEG 35KT 4277 7927 4249 7968
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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