Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 3:24 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 8, 2009, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 4:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Wolcott, NY | REPORTS FROM PORT BAY GOLF COURSE JUST NORTH OF WOLCOTT AND ALSO IN WOLCOTT |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 081924
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-082030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0004.090508T1924Z-090508T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
324 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF FULTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
VICTORY BY 345 PM EDT...
FULTON BY 415 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4326 7621 4323 7620 4320 7622 4322 7625
4320 7629 4323 7632 4322 7648 4318 7647
4315 7696 4325 7699 4325 7696 4347 7622
4325 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 257DEG 24KT 4322 7689
$$
LEVAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 081948
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
348 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
NYC117-081958-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090508T2030Z/
WAYNE NY-
348 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4326 7621 4323 7620 4320 7622 4322 7625
4320 7629 4323 7632 4322 7648 4318 7647
4319 7668 4332 7671 4347 7622 4325 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 257DEG 24KT 4326 7666
$$
NYC011-075-082030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090508T2030Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
348 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTORY...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANNIBAL BY 400 PM EDT...
FULTON BY 415 PM EDT...
PALERMO BY 430 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4326 7621 4323 7620 4320 7622 4322 7625
4320 7629 4323 7632 4322 7648 4318 7647
4319 7668 4332 7671 4347 7622 4325 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 257DEG 24KT 4326 7666
$$
LEVAN000
WWUS51 KBUF 082018
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
418 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
NYC011-075-082028-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090508T2030Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
418 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND
WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 418 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4326 7621 4323 7620 4320 7622 4322 7625
4320 7629 4323 7632 4322 7648 4318 7647
4319 7668 4332 7671 4347 7622 4325 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 257DEG 24KT 4330 7639
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 8, 3:16 PM EDT | Gale Watch | BUF | 19 hr | |
| May 8, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 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.