Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2012, 5:46 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 8, 2012, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2012, 6:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
185
WUUS51 KBUF 082146
SVRBUF
NYC045-082230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0029.120608T2146Z-120608T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 545 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 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ANTWERP...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF FORT DRUM...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANTWERP...
FORT DRUM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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 4423 7546 4422 7545 4420 7545 4411 7555
4430 7585 4437 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 303DEG 28KT 4429 7566
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
418
WWUS51 KBUF 082202
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
602 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012
NYC045-082230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120608T2230Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
602 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 559 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTWERP...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ANTWERP...
NORTHEAST PORTION OF FORT DRUM MILITARY RESERVATION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4423 7546 4421 7545 4417 7548 4411 7555
4423 7574 4431 7566 4431 7565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 303DEG 28KT 4422 7557
$$
HITCHCOCK138
WWUS51 KBUF 082213
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012
NYC045-082224-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120608T2230Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
613 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 614 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.
LAT...LON 4423 7546 4421 7545 4417 7548 4411 7555
4423 7574 4431 7566 4431 7565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 303DEG 28KT 4416 7545
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 47 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.