Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 3:32 AM EDT for Genesee County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 43 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 26, 2012, 3:32 AM EDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 26, 3:42 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Attica, NY | TREE LIMBS DOWN ON ROUTE 238 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 319 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
- 2457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
476
WUUS51 KBUF 260732
SVRBUF
NYC037-121-260815-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0038.120726T0732Z-120726T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
332 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 415 AM EDT
* AT 326 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM OAKFIELD TO 22 MILES WEST OF ARCADE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ALEXANDER...
ATTICA...
COWLESVILLE...
STRYKERSVILLE...
JAVA...
BYRON...
LE ROY...
WARSAW...
BLISS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4313 7847 4313 7800 4308 7793 4304 7795
4304 7791 4258 7804 4257 7805 4253 7806
4252 7846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 282DEG 52KT 4302 7823 4262 7874
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
878
WWUS51 KBUF 260748
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
348 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NYC037-121-260815-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120726T0815Z/
GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-
348 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT
FOR WYOMING AND EASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
AT 344 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LE ROY TO JAVA CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PAVILION...
WARSAW...
BLISS...
PIKE...
GAINESVILLE...
SILVER SPRINGS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4252 7846 4275 7847 4309 7805 4305 7794
4304 7795 4304 7791 4253 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 282DEG 52KT 4297 7790 4262 7838
$$
HITCHCOCK543
WWUS51 KBUF 260816
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
416 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
NYC037-121-260826-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120726T0815Z/
GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-
416 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WYOMING AND EASTERN GENESEE
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 416 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA
AND WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4252 7846 4275 7847 4309 7805 4305 7794
4304 7795 4304 7791 4253 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 282DEG 52KT 4296 7790 4261 7838
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 39 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 2:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jul 26, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jul 26, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 43 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 51 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.