Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2003, 1:46 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
- May 11, 2003, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Genesee County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979
WUUS51 KBUF 111746
SVRBUF
NYC037-111830-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
145 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF OAKFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAKFIELD AT 215 PM EDT
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
700 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BUFFALO.
LAT...LON 4308 7845 4293 7846 4295 7828 4307 7802
4312 7821
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| May 11, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 86 min | |
| May 11, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 82 min | |
| May 11, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 11, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| May 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| May 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| May 11, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.