Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 13, 2006Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2006, 3:10 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 50 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
May 13, 2006, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cayuga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 3:20 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Port Byron, NYGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
May 13, 3:40 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Port Byron, NYGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 131911
SVRBUF
NYC011-132000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0010.060513T1910Z-060513T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
310 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
  WEEDSPORT...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...AND WAS
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CATO BY 335 PM EDT...

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND 
DIME SIZED HAIL. 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 4302 7671 4297 7655 4325 7649 4325 7662
      4334 7662 4335 7671

$$

HIBBERT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 131932
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
332 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYC011-132000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060513T2000Z/
CAYUGA NY-
332 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR CAYUGA COUNTY...

AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT 
BYRON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONQUEST BY 345 PM EDT...
  CATO BY 355 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4302 7671 4297 7655 4325 7649 4325 7662
      4334 7662 4335 7671

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 131957
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
357 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

NYC011-132007-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-060513T2000Z/
CAYUGA NY-
357 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400
PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4302 7671 4297 7655 4325 7649 4325 7662
      4334 7662 4335 7671

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara28 min
May 13, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe43 min
May 13, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 13, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.