Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 8, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 5:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404
WUUS51 KBUF 082100
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-082200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0037.110608T2100Z-110608T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STONY POINT...OR 37 MILES WEST OF WATERTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...
HENDERSON HARBOR...
SACKETTS HARBOR...
ADAMS...
BARNES CORNERS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4404 7567 4370 7580 4378 7623 4384 7631
4387 7630 4391 7636 4388 7645 4393 7641
4388 7629 4391 7622 4387 7621 4390 7614
4394 7615 4398 7622 4395 7628 4405 7631
4407 7638 4411 7638 4417 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 287DEG 54KT 4400 7657
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
575
WWUS51 KBUF 082127
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
527 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
NYC045-049-082200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110608T2200Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
527 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PERCH RIVER TO SACKETS HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WORTH...
BARNES CORNERS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4404 7567 4370 7580 4378 7623 4384 7631
4389 7626 4390 7622 4387 7621 4390 7614
4394 7615 4398 7622 4396 7627 4403 7619
4401 7619 4402 7617 4404 7618 4412 7608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 287DEG 54KT 4408 7576 4391 7602
$$
RSH333
WWUS51 KBUF 082146
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
NYC045-049-082156-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110608T2200Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
546 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND WEST
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 546 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.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE
FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4404 7567 4370 7580 4378 7623 4384 7631
4389 7626 4390 7622 4387 7621 4390 7614
4394 7615 4398 7622 4396 7627 4403 7619
4401 7619 4402 7617 4404 7618 4412 7608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 287DEG 54KT 4399 7538 4383 7564
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 8, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 3:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 69 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 72 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.