Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2009, 3:12 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne 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
- Jul 26, 2009, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2009, 4:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:16 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 N Clyde, NY | |
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Wolcott, NY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
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 165 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 261912
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-262015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0057.090726T1912Z-090726T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
312 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
WEST CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLYDE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOLCOTT BY 335 PM EDT
FAIR HAVEN BY 355 PM EDT
OSWEGO BY 410 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4302 7680 4301 7688 4307 7698 4332 7684
4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
4347 7654 4346 7652 4340 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 214DEG 28KT 4309 7685
$$
SFM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 261938
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
338 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
NYC011-075-117-262015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090726T2015Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
338 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...WEST CENTRAL OSWEGO AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FAIR HAVEN...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAIR HAVEN BY 345 PM EDT...
HANNIBAL BY 350 PM EDT...
MINETTO BY 400 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4324 7662 4323 7668 4330 7681 4332 7684
4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
4347 7654 4346 7652 4340 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 214DEG 28KT 4328 7671
$$
SFM000
WWUS51 KBUF 262002
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
402 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
NYC011-075-117-262012-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-090726T2015Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
402 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...WEST
CENTRAL OSWEGO AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT INTO LAKE ONTARIO AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT
TO LAND AREAS.
LAT...LON 4324 7662 4323 7668 4330 7681 4332 7684
4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
4347 7654 4346 7652 4340 7637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 214DEG 28KT 4347 7653
$$
SFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 76 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Jul 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 48 min | |
| Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 37 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.