Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 11:16 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 74 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 11:16 PM EDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045
WUUS51 KBUF 100316
SVRBUF
NYC075-100430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0070.120810T0316Z-120810T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1116 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
* AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRAL
SQUARE...OR NEAR FAIRMOUNT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LOWER SOUTH BAY...
CONSTANTIA...
CLEVELAND...
WILLIAMSTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4316 7588 4315 7592
4319 7608 4323 7612 4326 7620 4321 7619
4320 7622 4321 7626 4320 7629 4328 7623
4356 7594 4347 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 227DEG 23KT 4310 7623
$$
APFFEL2 follow-up statements
790
WWUS51 KBUF 100345
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1145 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYC075-100430-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120810T0430Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1145 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LOWER SOUTH BAY...OR NEAR CICERO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CONSTANTIA...
CLEVELAND...
WILLIAMSTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4316 7588 4315 7592
4319 7608 4323 7612 4326 7620 4321 7619
4320 7622 4321 7626 4320 7629 4328 7623
4356 7594 4347 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 227DEG 23KT 4323 7604
$$
TJP601
WWUS51 KBUF 100423
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1223 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
NYC075-100432-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120810T0430Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1223 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM EDT...
AT 1222 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 4333 7588 4332 7585 4316 7588 4315 7592
4319 7608 4323 7612 4326 7620 4321 7619
4320 7622 4321 7626 4320 7629 4328 7623
4356 7594 4347 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 227DEG 23KT 4339 7580
$$
APFFELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 9:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 10 hr | |
| Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 42 hr | |
| Aug 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 69 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.