Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 5:36 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 39 min. 8 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 5:41 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 71 | Dunkirk, NY | LIGHTHOUSE |
| Jan 17, 5:43 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Fredonia, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 5:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Sheridan, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Perrysburg, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:02 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Eden, NY | POWERLINES DOWN ALONG US ROUTE 62 |
| Jan 17, 6:04 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Dayton, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:09 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Gowanda, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jan 17, 6:17 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 N Dunkirk Muni Arpt, NY | ASOS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
992
WUUS51 KBUF 172236
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-029-121-172315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0002.120117T2236Z-120117T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
536 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
WESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 530 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANGOLA ON THE LAKE TO 16
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT COLBORNE TO 25 MILES WEST OF
JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DUNKIRK...
SILVER CREEK...
DERBY...
HAMBURG...
ATHOL SPRINGS...
ORCHARD PARK...
EAST AURORA...
WALES CENTER...
ASHFORD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7964 4238 7955 4242 7946 4250 7935
4256 7916 4269 7906 4274 7892 4279 7886
4285 7887 4279 7833 4199 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 279DEG 55KT 4281 7929 4206 7961
$$
WOOD2 follow-up statements
489
WWUS51 KBUF 172304
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
604 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
NYC009-013-029-121-172315-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T2315Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-WYOMING NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
604 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...WESTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN
CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...
AT 600 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMBURG TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF PANAMA...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAMBURG TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...
CATTARAUGUS...
LITTLE VALLEY...
EAST AURORA...
EAST CONCORD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7964 4238 7955 4242 7946 4250 7935
4256 7916 4269 7906 4274 7892 4279 7886
4285 7887 4279 7833 4199 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 279DEG 55KT 4271 7877 4194 7947
$$
WOOD672
WWUS51 KBUF 172317
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
617 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
NYC009-013-029-121-172326-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T2315Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-WYOMING NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
617 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 616 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
PORTIONS OF CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...ERIE...AND WYOMING COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 4200 7964 4238 7955 4242 7946 4250 7935
4256 7916 4269 7906 4274 7892 4279 7886
4285 7887 4279 7833 4199 7870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 279DEG 55KT 4270 7875 4193 7945
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 30 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 6 hr | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:57 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:06 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Oswego and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Jan 17, 5:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Jan 17, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.