Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2004, 2:57 PM EDT for Monroe 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
- May 14, 2004, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 141857 SVRBUF NYC055-141945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 257 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSVILLE... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATES...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROCHESTER AT 310 PM EDT... IRONDEQUOIT AT 315 PM EDT... IRONDEQUOIT BAY AT 325 PM EDT... WEBSTER AT 330 PM EDT... 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 4312 7790 4297 7776 4315 7737 4338 7746 $$ DJF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| May 14, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 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.