Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
- May 3, 2012, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
847
WUUS51 KBUF 032124
SVRBUF
NYC003-032215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0010.120503T2124Z-120503T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
524 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 519 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 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WELLSVILLE...
ALMA...
STANNARDS...
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 4200 7802 4200 7822 4208 7822 4220 7774
4219 7774 4208 7773 4200 7774 4199 7775
4199 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 252DEG 21KT 4205 7810
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBUF 032145
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
545 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
NYC003-032215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2215Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
545 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY...
AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STANNARDS...OR NEAR WELLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANDOVER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7802 4200 7806 4211 7809 4220 7774
4219 7774 4208 7773 4200 7774 4199 7775
4199 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 252DEG 21KT 4209 7793
$$
THOMAS342
WWUS51 KBUF 032213
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
613 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
NYC003-032222-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2215Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
613 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
AT 612 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 4200 7802 4200 7806 4211 7809 4220 7774
4219 7774 4208 7773 4200 7774 4199 7775
4199 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 252DEG 21KT 4214 7773
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 22 min |
| May 3, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 50 min |
| May 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 40 min |
| May 3, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 62 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.