Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 11:42 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 29 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, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 12:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 842 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
982
WUUS51 KBUF 040342
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-040445-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0014.120504T0342Z-120504T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1142 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1141 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 10
MILES WEST OF WEEDSPORT...OR NEAR MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MONTEZUMA...
WEEDSPORT...
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 4310 7649 4303 7649 4301 7687 4316 7687
4323 7668 4326 7649 4310 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 258DEG 28KT 4305 7675
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
578
WWUS51 KBUF 040358
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1158 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
NYC117-040408-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120504T0445Z/
WAYNE NY-
1158 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST
OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4303 7667 4323 7668
4326 7649 4325 7649 4310 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 258DEG 28KT 4307 7658
$$
NYC011-040445-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120504T0445Z/
CAYUGA NY-
1158 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY...
AT 1154 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 PORT BYRON...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEEDSPORT...
CROSS LAKE...
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 4310 7649 4303 7649 4303 7667 4323 7668
4326 7649 4325 7649 4310 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 258DEG 28KT 4307 7658
$$
HITCHCOCK813
WWUS51 KBUF 040411
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1211 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
NYC011-040421-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120504T0445Z/
CAYUGA NY-
1211 AM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1211 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4303 7667 4323 7668
4326 7649 4325 7649 4310 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 258DEG 28KT 4309 7644
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 80 min | |
| May 3, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 3, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.