Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 4:22 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 38 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 10, 2013, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 10, 4:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Conewango, NY | TREE 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647 WUUS51 KBUF 102022 SVRBUF NYC009-013-102100- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0003.130510T2022Z-130510T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 422 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 420 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 FALCONER...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RANDOLPH... CONEWANGO... LITTLE VALLEY... ELLICOTTVILLE... 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 4246 7869 4224 7863 4209 7922 4219 7926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 241DEG 31KT 4217 7912 $$ RSH
1 follow-up statement
317 WWUS51 KBUF 102050 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 450 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 NYC013-102100- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130510T2100Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 450 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4217 7891 4235 7892 4246 7869 4224 7863 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 241DEG 31KT 4229 7883 $$ NYC009-102100- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130510T2100Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 450 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 449 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 LITTLE VALLEY...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELLICOTTVILLE... 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 4217 7891 4235 7892 4246 7869 4224 7863 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 241DEG 31KT 4229 7883 $$ JJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 43 min |
| May 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming | 54 min |
| May 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 63 min |
| May 10, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 57 min |
| May 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| May 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 53 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 24 min |
| May 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 26 min | |
| May 10, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 55 min |
| May 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 28 min |
| May 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| May 10, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 67 min |
| May 10, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 56 min |
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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.