Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 12:41 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 1:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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, 12:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Victory, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| May 29, 12:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ira, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES 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, 4.7 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
- 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.
786
WUUS51 KBUF 291641
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-291745-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0021.120529T1641Z-120529T1745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1241 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 145 PM EDT
* AT 1234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF CATO...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CATO...
IRA...
VICTORY...
BUTLER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4322 7647 4315 7647 4314 7648 4311 7681
4329 7693 4330 7691 4332 7679 4335 7673
4335 7670 4343 7663 4347 7652 4323 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 252DEG 19KT 4317 7678
$$
ZAFF2 follow-up statements
494
WWUS51 KBUF 291709
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
109 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYC117-291718-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120529T1745Z/
WAYNE NY-
109 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4322 7647 4318 7664 4337 7667 4343 7663
4347 7652 4323 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 239DEG 27KT 4340 7656
$$
NYC011-075-291745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120529T1745Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
109 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSWEGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
OSWEGO...
MINETTO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4322 7647 4318 7664 4337 7667 4343 7663
4347 7652 4323 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 239DEG 27KT 4340 7656
$$
ZAFF097
WWUS51 KBUF 291725
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
125 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYC011-075-291735-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120529T1745Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
125 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND
SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 125 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEPARATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215
PM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4322 7647 4318 7664 4337 7667 4343 7663
4347 7652 4323 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 239DEG 27KT 4346 7641
$$
ZAFFThe 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, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 41 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.