Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 33 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 26, 2012, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 5:03 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
090
WUUS51 KBUF 260830
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-260930-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0039.120726T0830Z-120726T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
430 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT
* AT 426 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 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTFIELD TO FINDLEY LAKE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CLYMER...
SHERMAN...
FINDLAY LAKE...
LAKEWOOD...
JAMESTOWN...
OTTO...
ASHFORD...
ALLEGANY PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 4227 7977 4236 7958 4247 7855 4199 7854
4199 7958 4199 7976 4200 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 271DEG 51KT 4238 7936 4212 7971
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
074 WWUS51 KBUF 260850 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 450 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 NYC009-013-260930- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120726T0930Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 450 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... AT 444 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHERRY CREEK TO PANAMA...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... JAMESTOWN... FREWSBURG... RANDOLPH... CATTARAUGUS... LITTLE VALLEY... ELLICOTTVILLE... ASHFORD... LIMESTONE... ALLEGANY STATE PARK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 4234 7934 4247 7855 4199 7854 4200 7963 TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 275DEG 58KT 4225 7903 4200 7939 $$ HITCHCOCK
135 WWUS51 KBUF 260903 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 503 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 NYC009-013-260913- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120726T0930Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 503 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA AND WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 503 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 CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4234 7934 4247 7855 4199 7854 4200 7963 TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 275DEG 58KT 4222 7873 4197 7909 $$ HITCHCOCK
The 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, 3:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 43 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, 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.