Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 6:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 67 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
- Sep 7, 2012, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Castile, NY | REPORT OF A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WUUS51 KBUF 072208
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-051-121-072315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0073.120907T2208Z-120907T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
608 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 606 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
ARCADE...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BLISS...
PORTAGEVILLE...
MOUNT MORRIS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4239 7842 4253 7850 4253 7847 4258 7846
4282 7785 4257 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 246DEG 20KT 4252 7834
$$
TJP3 follow-up statements
349
WWUS51 KBUF 072230
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
630 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012
NYC003-009-051-121-072315-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120907T2315Z/
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY-
630 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WYOMING...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...NORTHEASTERN
CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BLISS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SECOND STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED
JUST SOUTHEAST OF DELEVAN.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PIKE...
GAINESVILLE...
SILVER SPRINGS...
CASTILE...
PERRY...
MOUNT MORRIS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4239 7842 4253 7850 4253 7847 4258 7846
4282 7785 4257 7770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 239DEG 25KT 4256 7821
$$
TJP331 WWUS51 KBUF 072306 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 706 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 NYC003-009-072316- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120907T2315Z/ ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY- 706 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4258 7805 4270 7814 4282 7785 4257 7770 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 239DEG 25KT 4269 7790 $$ NYC051-121-072315- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120907T2315Z/ LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY- 706 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTIES... AT 659 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PERRY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENESEO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SONYEA...LEICESTER AND NUNDA. LAT...LON 4258 7805 4270 7814 4282 7785 4257 7770 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 239DEG 25KT 4269 7790 $$ RSH
751 WWUS51 KBUF 072314 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 714 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 NYC051-121-072325- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120907T2315Z/ LIVINGSTON NY-WYOMING NY- 714 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING AND CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 715 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4258 7805 4270 7814 4282 7785 4257 7770 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 239DEG 25KT 4272 7783 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 36 hr | |
| Sep 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 64 min |
| Sep 7, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 7:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.