Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2009, 12:38 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 67 min. 11 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 16, 2009, 12:38 PM EDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2009, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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 16, 12:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hannibal, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROAD NEAR CNTY RTE21 AND PEATBED RD. |
| May 16, 1:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hannibal, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROAD NEAR CNTY RTE21 AND PEATBED RD. |
| May 16, 1:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Fulton, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR MULLIN RD AND RR CROSSING |
| May 16, 1:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Palermo, NY | 30 POPLE TREES UP TO 12 TO 15 INCHES DIAMETER FELL. GARAGE DAMAGED. |
| May 16, 1:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR CNTY RTE-45 AND RTE 3. |
| May 16, 1:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR CNTY RTE-45 AND RTE 3. |
| May 16, 1:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | MULTIPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN |
| May 16, 1:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Parish, NY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| May 16, 1:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Fulton, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR MULLIN RD AND RR CROSSING |
| May 16, 1:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Parish, NY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| May 16, 1:51 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Williamstown, NY | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 161638
SVRBUF
NYC011-045-049-075-117-161745-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0009.090516T1638Z-090516T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1238 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 1237 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FULTON BY 1255 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 4347 7581 4334 7587 4332 7585 4326 7586
4323 7611 4326 7620 4321 7621 4322 7625
4320 7630 4323 7632 4323 7646 4318 7647
4315 7668 4330 7681 4353 7635 4353 7625
4359 7622 4384 7569 4342 7556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 252DEG 30KT 4328 7664
$$
TJP1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KBUF 161707
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
107 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
NYC011-045-049-075-117-161745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090516T1745Z/
LEWIS NY-WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-CAYUGA NY-
107 PM EDT SAT MAY 16 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...OSWEGO...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PALERMO BY 120 PM EDT...
PARISH BY 135 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4347 7581 4334 7587 4332 7585 4326 7586
4323 7611 4326 7620 4321 7621 4322 7625
4320 7630 4323 7632 4323 7646 4318 7647
4315 7668 4330 7681 4353 7635 4353 7625
4359 7622 4384 7569 4342 7556
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 251DEG 25KT 4334 7641
$$
TJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 40 hr | |
| May 16, 8:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| May 16, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| May 16, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 60 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.