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Atmospheric River Continues Areas of Heavy Rain and Snow for California This Weekend

An atmospheric river will continue to bring gusty winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to southern California and the southern Great Basin through Sunday. Periods of heavy snow will continue as well above 7,000 feet over the Sierra Nevada mountains associated with this atmospheric river. Read More >

Buffalo, NY

Weather Forecast Office

How to Submit Storm reports to NWS Buffalo

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How to report severe weather:

  1. Report severe weather via email at, bufstorm.report@noaa.gov

When to send a storm report?

When you can do safely, please send us a report when you observe one or more of the following:

Definitions:

Please include in your report, the location (town and county) and time/date that the severe weather occurred.

If you can supply a picture of the severe weather you are experiencing, please do.

    • Tornado
    • Hail
      • 0.25" or less - Pea
      • 0.50" - Mothball
      • 0.75" - Dime/Penny
      • 0.88" - Nickel
      • 1.00" - Quarter
      • 1.25" - Half Dollar
      • 1.50" - Walnut/Ping Pong
      • 1.75" - Golf Ball
      • 2.00" - Hen Egg
      • 2.50" - Tennis Ball
      • 2.75" - Baseball
      • 3.00" - Tea Cup
      • 4.00" - Grapefruit
      • 4.50" - Softball
    • Wind damage.
    • Flooding
    • Snowfall
    • Rainfall 
       
    • Tornado: A violently rotating column of air, usually pendant to a cumulonimbus, with circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.
    • Severe Thunderstorm: A thunderstorm that produces a tornado, winds of at least 58 mph (50 knots), and/or hail at least 1" in diameter. Structural wind damage may imply the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm. A thunderstorm wind equal to or greater than 40 mph (35 knots) and/or hail of at least ½" is defined as approaching severe.
    • Flash Flood: A flood which is caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours. Also, at times a dam failure can cause a flash flood, depending on the type of dam and time period during which the break occurs.
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