Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2011, 11:52 AM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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
- Jul 26, 2011, 11:52 AM EDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Little France, NY | TREES WIRES DOWN CTY RD 84 AND 37 |
| Jul 26, 11:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Monroe, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN |
| Jul 26, 12:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Constantia, NY | TREES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551
WUUS51 KBUF 261552
SVRBUF
NYC075-261615-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0057.110726T1552Z-110726T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1152 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1150 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 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL SQUARE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CONSTANTIA...
CLEVELAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4328 7586 4322 7587 4321 7588 4330 7620
4341 7610 4338 7586 4335 7586 4333 7588
4332 7585 4329 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 286DEG 35KT 4334 7607
$$
ZAFF2 follow-up statements
330
WWUS51 KBUF 261607
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1207 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NYC075-261615-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110726T1615Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1207 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 1203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CONSTANTIA...OR 9 MILES WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CONSTANTIA...
CLEVELAND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4328 7586 4322 7587 4321 7588 4330 7620
4341 7610 4338 7586 4335 7586 4333 7588
4332 7585 4329 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 286DEG 35KT 4330 7588
$$
ZAFF762
WWUS51 KBUF 261615
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1215 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NYC075-261626-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110726T1615Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1215 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
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 4328 7586 4322 7587 4321 7588 4330 7620
4341 7610 4338 7586 4335 7586 4333 7588
4332 7585 4329 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 286DEG 35KT 4330 7588
$$
ZAFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 15 min | |
| Jul 26, 11:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 49 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.