Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 17, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Wsw Kimball Mill, NY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460
WUUS51 KBUF 172230
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-172315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0032.120717T2230Z-120717T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
630 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 625 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 19
MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIAN RIVER...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT
DRUM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER SEVERE STORMS ACROSS
THE NORTH COUNTRY HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
INDIAN RIVER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4384 7533 4410 7576 4426 7565 4413 7522
4410 7516 4386 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 296DEG 43KT 4414 7560
$$
HIBBERT2 follow-up statements
636
WWUS51 KBUF 172251
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
651 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
NYC045-172300-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120717T2315Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
651 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4388 7533 4404 7548 4413 7538 4413 7522
4410 7516 4386 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 308DEG 43KT 4399 7530
$$
NYC049-172315-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120717T2315Z/
LEWIS NY-
651 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 648 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 INDIAN RIVER...OR 22 MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RURAL LEWIS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4388 7533 4404 7548 4413 7538 4413 7522
4410 7516 4386 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 308DEG 43KT 4399 7530
$$
HIBBERT256
WWUS51 KBUF 172315
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
NYC049-172326-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120717T2315Z/
LEWIS NY-
715 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 716 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4388 7533 4404 7548 4413 7538 4413 7522
4410 7516 4386 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 308DEG 43KT 4403 7535
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:55 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 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.