Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2012, 2:31 PM EDT for Genesee County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
- Sep 6, 2012, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Alexander, NY | FIRE DEPT REPORTS WINDS TOOK DOWN EXIBIT TENTS AT ALEXANDER STEAM SHOW |
| Sep 6, 2:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Alexander, NY | DIME SIZED HAIL AT POST OFFICE |
| Sep 6, 2:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Alexander, NY | DIME SIZED HAIL AT POST OFFICE |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1594 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994
WUUS51 KBUF 061831
SVRBUF
NYC037-121-061930-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0072.120906T1831Z-120906T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
231 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 226 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
DARIEN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATAVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ATTICA...
PAVILION...
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 4285 7849 4287 7848 4287 7847 4294 7847
4303 7845 4302 7791 4294 7792 4295 7793
4291 7793 4290 7796 4280 7796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 278DEG 20KT 4293 7834
$$
JAM2 follow-up statements
533
WWUS51 KBUF 061856
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
256 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
NYC037-121-061930-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120906T1930Z/
GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-
256 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BETHANY CENTER...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF BATAVIA...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PAVILION...
BETHANY CENTER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4285 7822 4296 7823 4299 7793 4290 7796
4280 7796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 279DEG 21KT 4290 7814
$$
JAM639
WWUS51 KBUF 061915
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
315 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
NYC037-121-061924-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120906T1930Z/
GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-
315 PM EDT THU SEP 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 314 PM 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4285 7822 4296 7823 4299 7793 4290 7796
4280 7796
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 279DEG 21KT 4288 7799
$$
JAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.