Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2012, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 14, 5:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Butler Center, NY | MULTIPLE REPORTS 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852
WUUS51 KBUF 142140
SVRBUF
NYC011-069-117-142230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0085.120914T2140Z-120914T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
540 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 538 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 9 MILES SOUTH OF CLIFTON
SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GENEVA...
WEEDSPORT...
LAT...LON 4276 7724 4305 7730 4320 7662 4303 7653
4301 7696 4287 7695 4286 7697 4276 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 251DEG 36KT 4284 7714
$$
APFFEL2 follow-up statements
974
WWUS51 KBUF 142157
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
557 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2012
NYC011-069-117-142230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120914T2230Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
557 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CAYUGA...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO
COUNTIES...
AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PORT BYRON...
LAT...LON 4276 7719 4292 7719 4308 7705 4320 7662
4303 7653 4301 7696 4287 7695 4286 7697
4276 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 251DEG 32KT 4288 7699
$$
APFFEL302
WWUS51 KBUF 142222
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
622 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2012
NYC011-069-117-142231-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120914T2230Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
622 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAYUGA...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM EDT...
AT 621 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
AND EXIT THE AREA AROUND 630 PM. THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4276 7719 4292 7719 4308 7705 4320 7662
4303 7653 4301 7696 4287 7695 4286 7697
4276 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 251DEG 32KT 4295 7670
$$
APFFELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 49 min | |
| Sep 14, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 min | |
| Sep 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 55 min |
| Sep 14, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 54 min |
| Sep 14, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 65 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.