Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2013, 8:11 AM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 49 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
- May 15, 2013, 8:11 AM EDT (12:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
156
WUUS51 KBUF 151211
SVRBUF
NYC063-073-151300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0013.130515T1211Z-130515T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
811 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 900 AM EDT
* AT 808 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERPORT...OR 22 MILES
NORTH OF LOCKPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THIRTY MILE POINT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL..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 4338 7854 4338 7801 4337 7799 4328 7799
4336 7864 4337 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 274DEG 46KT 4348 7870
$$
REYNOLDS1 follow-up statement
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WWUS51 KBUF 151214
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
814 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013
NYC063-073-151223-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130515T1300Z/
NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-
814 AM EDT WED MAY 15 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ORLEANS AND EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS WARNING WAS SENT IN ERROR.
LAT...LON 4338 7854 4338 7801 4337 7799 4328 7799
4336 7864 4337 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 274DEG 46KT 4341 7868
$$
ZAFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 47 min |
| May 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 26 hr |
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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.