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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 7, 2012Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 27 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, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWebster, NYMEDIA REPORT OF TREES AND WIRES 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

571 
WUUS51 KBUF 072333
SVRBUF
NYC055-117-080000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0075.120907T2333Z-120908T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
733 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 730 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
  WEBSTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ONTARIO...
  WILLIAMSON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4305 7742 4322 7751 4328 7745 4329 7735
      4328 7726 4330 7709 4328 7700 4330 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 229DEG 28KT 4320 7737

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
367 
WWUS51 KBUF 080000
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
800 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

NYC055-117-080010-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-120908T0000Z/
WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
800 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 800 PM 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 4305 7742 4322 7751 4328 7745 4329 7735
      4328 7726 4330 7709 4328 7700 4330 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 229DEG 28KT 4320 7737

$$

MITCHELL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDTGale WarningBUF24 hr
Sep 7, 3:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF36 hr
Sep 7, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming57 min
Sep 7, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming67 min
Sep 7, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus64 min
Sep 7, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston55 min
Sep 7, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario41 min
Sep 7, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.