Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 38 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 29, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2012, 2:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905
WUUS51 KBUF 291747
SVRBUF
NYC049-075-291845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0027.120529T1747Z-120529T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
147 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 143 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 14
MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
REDFIELD...
HIGHMARKET...
NORTH OSCEOLA...
TURIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4360 7512 4342 7553 4342 7556 4356 7571
4339 7609 4354 7617 4392 7515 4391 7514
4364 7510 4362 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 258DEG 34KT 4346 7604
$$
ZAFF1 follow-up statement
395
WWUS51 KBUF 291825
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
225 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYC049-075-291835-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120529T1845Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
225 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 225 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4360 7512 4342 7553 4342 7556 4356 7571
4339 7609 4354 7617 4392 7515 4391 7514
4364 7510 4362 7510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 258DEG 34KT 4352 7555
$$
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, 12:41 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, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.