Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 13, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 6:58 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Porters Corners, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON MOOSE RIVER ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
944
WUUS51 KBUF 132219
SVRBUF
NYC049-132300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0098.110913T2219Z-110913T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
619 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 617 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 7 MILES
NORTH OF HIGHMARKET...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOONVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MARTINSBURG...
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 4351 7533 4354 7574 4377 7576 4399 7515
4362 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 258DEG 33KT 4369 7555
$$
THOMAS2 follow-up statements
840
WWUS51 KBUF 132241
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
641 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011
NYC049-132300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110913T2300Z/
LEWIS NY-
641 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TURIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
TURIN
LYONS FALLS
CONSTABLEVILLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 7533 4354 7569 4374 7558 4399 7515
4362 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 258DEG 33KT 4372 7531
$$
THOMAS434
WWUS51 KBUF 132259
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
659 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011
NYC049-132309-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110913T2300Z/
LEWIS NY-
659 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
AT 659 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 4351 7533 4354 7569 4374 7558 4399 7515
4362 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 258DEG 33KT 4363 7519
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 53 min |
| Sep 13, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Sep 13, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 66 min |
| Sep 13, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.