Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2013, 2:19 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 41 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
- May 22, 2013, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 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 18:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 Wsw Bear Creek, NY |
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, 6.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522
WUUS51 KBUF 221819
SVRBUF
NYC055-117-221900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0029.130522T1819Z-130522T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
219 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
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 300 PM EDT
* AT 214 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
PENFIELD...OR NEAR EAST ROCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEBSTER...
ONTARIO...
WILLIAMSON...
SODUS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 4318 7756 4329 7735 4330 7709 4329 7706
4328 7704 4321 7699 4306 7747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 240DEG 27KT 4316 7743
$$
TMA2 follow-up statements
688
WWUS51 KBUF 221840
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
240 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
NYC055-221850-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130522T1900Z/
MONROE NY-
240 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4317 7733 4329 7735 4330 7709 4329 7706
4328 7704 4321 7699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 240DEG 27KT 4324 7724
$$
NYC117-221900-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130522T1900Z/
WAYNE NY-
240 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 237 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 ONTARIO...OR 8 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSON...
PULTNEYVILLE...
SODUS...
LAT...LON 4317 7733 4329 7735 4330 7709 4329 7706
4328 7704 4321 7699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 240DEG 27KT 4324 7724
$$
TMA093
WWUS51 KBUF 221902
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
302 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
NYC117-221912-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-130522T1900Z/
WAYNE NY-
302 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 302 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4317 7733 4329 7735 4330 7709 4329 7706
4328 7704 4321 7699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 240DEG 27KT 4324 7724
$$
TMAThe 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, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 25 min |
| May 21, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.