Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 23, 20114 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 45 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 23, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2011, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 615 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
615 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

767 
WUUS51 KBUF 230800
SVRBUF
NYC051-055-069-117-230845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0048.110623T0800Z-110623T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
400 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 357 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIMA...OR 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF GENESEO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HONEOYE FALLS...
  VICTOR...
  PALMYRA...
  MARION...

LAT...LON 4328 7721 4292 7697 4280 7739 4273 7767
      4299 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 236DEG 35KT 4290 7761

$$

APFFEL
2 follow-up statements
978 
WWUS51 KBUF 230824
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
424 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

NYC051-230834-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110623T0845Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
424 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4278 7750 4306 7759 4328 7721 4292 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 236DEG 35KT 4303 7734

$$

NYC055-069-117-230845-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110623T0845Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
424 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...WESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN ONTARIO
COUNTIES...

AT 420 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FAIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MACEDON...
  PALMYRA...
  MARION...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 4278 7750 4306 7759 4328 7721 4292 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 236DEG 35KT 4303 7734

$$

APFFEL
145 
WWUS51 KBUF 230838
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
438 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

NYC055-069-117-230848-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110623T0845Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
438 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...WESTERN
WAYNE AND NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 AM EDT...

AT 438 AM 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4278 7750 4306 7759 4328 7721 4292 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0838Z 236DEG 35KT 4310 7718

$$

APFFEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario37 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFOntario19 min
Jun 23, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Jun 23, 3:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario57 min
Jun 23, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis64 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 23, 4:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFErie, Niagara62 min
Jun 23, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Monroe59 min
Jun 23, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.