Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 12:13 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. 5 reports 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
- May 29, 2012, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Bristol, NY | TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| May 29, 12:31 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | South Bristol, NY | |
| May 29, 12:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Bristol Mountain, NY | |
| May 29, 12:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Springwater, NY | MULTIPLE POLES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| May 29, 1:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Springwater, NY | MULTIPLE POLES AND WIRES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KBUF 291613
SVRBUF
NYC051-069-291715-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0019.120529T1613Z-120529T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1213 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
WESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1207 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
DANSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPRINGWATER...
NAPLES...
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 4265 7787 4296 7738 4276 7724 4276 7731
4267 7736 4258 7736 4257 7737 4257 7765
4254 7765 4253 7771 4251 7771 4249 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 241DEG 23KT 4263 7768
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
045
WWUS51 KBUF 291643
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1243 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYC051-069-291715-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120529T1715Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-ONTARIO NY-
1243 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...
AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRISTOL MOUNTAIN...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MIDDLESEX...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BRISTOL MOUNTAIN...
NAPLES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4265 7775 4286 7731 4276 7724 4276 7731
4267 7736 4258 7736 4257 7737 4257 7765
4254 7765 4253 7771 4251 7771 4249 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 241DEG 23KT 4271 7742
$$
HITCHCOCK831
WWUS51 KBUF 291717
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
117 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYC051-069-291727-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120529T1715Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-ONTARIO NY-
117 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 117 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4265 7775 4286 7731 4276 7724 4276 7731
4267 7736 4258 7736 4257 7737 4257 7765
4254 7765 4253 7771 4251 7771 4249 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 241DEG 23KT 4271 7742
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 54 min |
| May 29, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 66 min |
| May 29, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 27 min | |
| May 29, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 22 min |
| May 29, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| May 29, 11:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 66 min |
| May 29, 11:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 51 min |
| May 29, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 64 min |
| May 29, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 41 min |
| May 29, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 29, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 58 min |
| May 29, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 41 min |
| May 29, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 36 min | |
| May 29, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 58 min |
| May 29, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 55 min |
| May 29, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 29, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 38 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 43 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.