Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2011, 6:06 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 1, 2011, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2011, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KBUF 012206
SVRBUF
NYC069-012245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0067.110801T2206Z-110801T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 603 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRISTOL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BRISTOL MOUNTAIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4282 7753 4291 7739 4276 7722 4275 7725
4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734 4266 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 317DEG 24KT 4278 7738
$$
JJR2 follow-up statements
278
WWUS51 KBUF 012226
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
626 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
NYC069-012245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110801T2245Z/
ONTARIO NY-
626 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN YATES COUNTY...OR NEAR MIDDLESEX...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4268 7735 4279 7740 4284 7734 4276 7722
4275 7725 4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 317DEG 24KT 4268 7726
$$
JJR664
WWUS51 KBUF 012236
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
636 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
NYC069-012246-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110801T2245Z/
ONTARIO NY-
636 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
AT 636 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4268 7735 4279 7740 4284 7734 4276 7722
4275 7725 4276 7731 4273 7734 4268 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 317DEG 24KT 4263 7720
$$
JJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 80 min | |
| Aug 1, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 70 min |
| Aug 1, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 3:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 25 min | |
| Aug 1, 4:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 5:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 6:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 6:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario | 21 min |
| Aug 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 93 min |
| Aug 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Livingston | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 46 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.