Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 9:35 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2013, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WUUS51 KBUF 220135
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-220200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.130522T0135Z-130522T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
935 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 932 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 5 MILES EAST OF CLYDE...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CATO...
WEEDSPORT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4303 7660 4302 7660
4301 7687 4326 7690 4325 7648 4321 7647
4312 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 269DEG 34KT 4311 7673
$$
HIBBERT2 follow-up statements
732
WWUS51 KBUF 220149
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
949 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
NYC117-220158-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130522T0200Z/
WAYNE NY-
949 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4302 7662 4303 7671
4318 7670 4318 7671 4326 7671 4325 7648
4321 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 269DEG 34KT 4311 7656
$$
NYC011-220200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130522T0200Z/
CAYUGA NY-
949 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY...
AT 944 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 CONQUEST...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CATO...
MERIDIAN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4302 7662 4303 7671
4318 7670 4318 7671 4326 7671 4325 7648
4321 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 269DEG 34KT 4311 7656
$$
HIBBERT443
WWUS51 KBUF 220200
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1000 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
NYC011-220211-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130522T0200Z/
CAYUGA NY-
1000 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
AT 1001 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4310 7649 4303 7649 4302 7662 4303 7671
4318 7670 4318 7671 4326 7671 4325 7648
4321 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 269DEG 34KT 4311 7655
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 21, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 31 min |
| May 21, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 64 min |
| May 22, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| May 22, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 61 min |
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| May 22, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| May 22, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 61 min |
| May 22, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 36 min |
| May 22, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.