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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2011Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2011, 11:17 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 2011, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 11:30 AM EDTHAIL 1Clyde, NY

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 975 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
975 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

298 
WUUS51 KBUF 261517
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-261600-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0056.110726T1517Z-110726T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1117 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1113 AM 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 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CLYDE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLYDE...
  WEEDSPORT...
  SAVANNAH...
  CONQUEST...
  PORT BYRON...

LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4302 7668 4303 7672
      4305 7673 4310 7704 4327 7678 4320 7647
      4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1517Z 290DEG 30KT 4313 7693

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
696 
WWUS51 KBUF 261546
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

NYC117-261556-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110726T1600Z/
WAYNE NY-
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4302 7665 4303 7672 4306 7672 4308 7670
      4310 7671 4312 7670 4307 7649 4303 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 290DEG 30KT 4304 7660

$$

NYC011-261600-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110726T1600Z/
CAYUGA NY-
1146 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY...

AT 1141 AM 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 PORT BYRON...OR NEAR MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PORT BYRON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4302 7665 4303 7672 4306 7672 4308 7670
      4310 7671 4312 7670 4307 7649 4303 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 290DEG 30KT 4304 7660

$$

ZAFF
268 
WWUS51 KBUF 261557
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1157 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

NYC011-261608-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110726T1600Z/
CAYUGA NY-
1157 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT NOON EDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4302 7665 4303 7672 4306 7672 4308 7670
      4310 7671 4312 7670 4307 7649 4303 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 290DEG 30KT 4300 7647

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston29 min
Jul 26, 9:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF15 min
Jul 26, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne56 min
Jul 26, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego23 min
Jul 26, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario53 min
Jul 26, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis49 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.