Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 7:07 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. 4 reports 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Olean, NY | TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 9, 7:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Bedford Corners, NY | TREE DOWN ON SHERRY HOLLOW RD. |
| Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bolivar, NY | TREE DOWN IN A PARKING LOT. |
| Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bolivar, 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
795
WUUS51 KBUF 092307
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-100000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0069.120809T2307Z-120810T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
707 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 701 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 NEAR
WESTON MILLS...OR 6 MILES EAST OF OLEAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BOLIVAR...
RICHBURG...
FRIENDSHIP...
BELMONT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 4212 7846 4242 7785 4226 7773 4217 7773
4199 7824 4200 7836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 240DEG 19KT 4209 7828
$$
TJP2 follow-up statements
482
WWUS51 KBUF 092326
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
726 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYC003-009-100000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120810T0000Z/
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
726 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RICHBURG...OR 12 MILES WEST OF WELLSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FRIENDSHIP...
SCIO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4212 7846 4242 7785 4226 7773 4217 7773
4199 7824 4200 7836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 240DEG 19KT 4212 7817
$$
TJP194
WWUS51 KBUF 092359
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
759 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYC003-009-100008-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120810T0000Z/
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
759 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
ALLEGANY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4212 7846 4242 7785 4226 7773 4217 7773
4199 7824 4200 7836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 240DEG 19KT 4220 7797
$$
TJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
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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.