Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2011, 3:26 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 26, 2011, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
698
WUUS51 KBUF 261926
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-262015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0058.110726T1926Z-110726T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
326 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES NORTH OF CARTHAGE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT DRUM...
CARTHAGE...
NATURAL BRIDGE...
INDIAN RIVER...
CROGHAN...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4372 7525 4408 7580 4423 7567 4404 7516
4380 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 301DEG 27KT 4411 7562
$$
HIBBERT2 follow-up statements
111
WWUS51 KBUF 261954
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
354 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NYC045-049-262015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110726T2015Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
354 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR INDIAN RIVER...OR 20 MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT DRUM...
NATURAL BRIDGE...
INDIAN RIVER...
RURAL NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4387 7533 4408 7580 4423 7567 4404 7516
4380 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 294DEG 31KT 4401 7532
$$
HIBBERT341
WWUS51 KBUF 262013
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
413 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
NYC045-049-262022-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110726T2015Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
413 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND
NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
AT 412 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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE
FROM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND
NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4387 7533 4408 7580 4423 7567 4404 7516
4380 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 294DEG 31KT 4394 7511
$$
HIBBERTThe 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, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 53 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.