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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 13, 2011Livingston County, Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 59 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 13, 2011, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 320 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

943 
WUUS51 KBUF 132316
SVRBUF
NYC051-055-140015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0073.110813T2316Z-110814T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
716 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM 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 NEAR
  CALEDONIA...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...
  HENRIETTA...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4284 7790 4300 7790 4323 7756 4305 7742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 232DEG 9KT 4300 7781

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
347 
WWUS51 KBUF 132349
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
749 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NYC051-132358-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110814T0015Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
749 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4297 7772 4298 7773 4299 7775 4299 7776
      4298 7786 4300 7790 4323 7756 4305 7742
      4296 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 232DEG 9KT 4305 7772

$$

NYC055-140015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110814T0015Z/
MONROE NY-
749 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...

AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE STORMS WERE  
LOCATED FROM SCOTTSVILLE TO BRIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 
MPH.

LAT...LON 4297 7772 4298 7773 4299 7775 4299 7776
      4298 7786 4300 7790 4323 7756 4305 7742
      4296 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 232DEG 9KT 4305 7772

$$

NIZIOL
002 
WWUS51 KBUF 140016
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NYC055-140026-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-110814T0015Z/
MONROE NY-
816 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 816 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.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4297 7772 4298 7773 4299 7775 4299 7776
      4298 7786 4300 7790 4323 7756 4305 7742
      4296 7773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 232DEG 9KT 4305 7772

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 min
Aug 13, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe61 min
Aug 13, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 13, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne55 min
Aug 13, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 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.