Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 12:51 AM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 24, 2012, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KBUF 240451
SVRBUF
NYC003-240515-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0035.120724T0451Z-120724T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1251 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 1249 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
CANASERAGA...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARKPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BURNS...
ALMOND...
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 4245 7800 4252 7789 4250 7784 4248 7784
4247 7776 4246 7772 4229 7773 4228 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 304DEG 27KT 4244 7784
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBUF 240503
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
103 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
NYC003-240515-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120724T0515Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
103 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY...
AT 102 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ALMOND...OR NEAR ARKPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ALMOND...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4235 7784 4247 7779 4247 7776 4246 7772
4229 7773 4228 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 304DEG 27KT 4238 7774
$$
HITCHCOCK404
WWUS51 KBUF 240512
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
112 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
NYC003-240523-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120724T0515Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
112 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM EDT...
AT 113 AM 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.
LAT...LON 4235 7784 4247 7779 4247 7776 4246 7772
4229 7773 4228 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 304DEG 27KT 4234 7766
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 3:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 16 hr | |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.