Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 10:52 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 25 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, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 11:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
680
WUUS51 KBUF 090252
SVRBUF
NYC069-090330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0043.110609T0252Z-110609T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1052 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1051 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CLIFTON SPRINGS...OR NEAR CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CLIFTON SPRINGS...
PHELPS...
GENEVA...
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 4285 7734 4296 7734 4302 7696 4301 7695
4287 7695 4286 7697 4281 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 273DEG 26KT 4294 7720
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
950
WWUS51 KBUF 090308
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1108 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
NYC069-090330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110609T0330Z/
ONTARIO NY-
1108 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 1105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4283 7718 4293 7716 4297 7696 4287 7695
4286 7697 4281 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 277DEG 27KT 4289 7703
$$
HITCHCOCK348
WWUS51 KBUF 090317
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1117 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
NYC069-090327-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110609T0330Z/
ONTARIO NY-
1117 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1117 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 4283 7718 4293 7716 4297 7696 4287 7695
4286 7697 4281 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 277DEG 27KT 4288 7694
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 8, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 17 min |
| Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min |
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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.