Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2012, 5:37 AM EDT for Erie County, Genesee County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2012, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 23, 5:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Elma, NY |
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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
663 WUUS51 KBUF 230937 SVRBUF NYC029-037-121-231015- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0033.120723T0937Z-120723T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 537 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 615 AM EDT * AT 534 AM 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 NEAR WEST SENECA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CHEEKTOWAGA... LANCASTER... ELMA... MARILLA... COWLSVILLE... BENNINGTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4291 7834 4271 7836 4281 7881 4293 7880 TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 278DEG 24KT 4286 7868 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
539 WWUS51 KBUF 230953 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 553 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 NYC029-037-121-231015- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120723T1015Z/ GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-ERIE NY- 553 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ERIE...NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES... AT 551 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARILLA...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MARILLA... COWLESVILLE... BENNINGTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4291 7834 4271 7836 4277 7863 4291 7862 TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 278DEG 24KT 4284 7853 $$ HITCHCOCK
646 WWUS51 KBUF 231010 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 610 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 NYC029-037-121-231020- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120723T1015Z/ GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-ERIE NY- 610 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ERIE... NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 AM EDT... AT 610 AM 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4291 7834 4271 7836 4277 7863 4291 7862 TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 278DEG 24KT 4282 7838 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 3:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 5:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 79 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.