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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 22, 2013Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2013, 4:16 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports 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, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4:21 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	1 Sw Hinmansville, NY	HAIL LASTED 5 MINUTES. MANY SMALL BRANCHES DOWN.
May 22, 4:23 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Ne Hinmansville, NY	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 22, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Phoenix, NY	TREE DOWN-FACEBOOK WSYR
May 22, 4:43 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Sse Central Square, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 22, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

339 
WUUS51 KBUF 222016
SVRBUF
NYC075-222115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0031.130522T2016Z-130522T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
416 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 33.

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PHOENIX...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4323 7619 4322 7619
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4322 7648 4325 7648
      4326 7652 4333 7652 4352 7576 4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 254DEG 23KT 4326 7640

$$

SMITH

3 follow-up statements

312 
WWUS51 KBUF 222035
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
435 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NYC075-222115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-130522T2115Z/
OSWEGO NY-
435 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 432 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAND RIDGE...
OR 8 MILES EAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...
  AMBOY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4334 7628 4343 7584 4333 7588 4329 7586
      4315 7589 4319 7608 4326 7620 4323 7619
      4322 7619 4320 7629 4323 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 254DEG 23KT 4329 7624

$$

SMITH

266 
WWUS51 KBUF 222049
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NYC075-222115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-130522T2115Z/
OSWEGO NY-
449 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 446 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL 
SQUARE...MOVING EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN SHORE OF ONEIDA LAKE AT 30 
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CONSTANTIA...
  CLEVELAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR ONEIDA LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR 
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES 
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE 
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. 
DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4325 7616 4334 7612 4339 7586 4333 7588
      4329 7586 4315 7589 4319 7608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 267DEG 28KT 4325 7609

$$

SMITH

319 
WWUS51 KBUF 222110
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
510 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

NYC075-222120-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-130522T2115Z/
OSWEGO NY-
510 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4325 7616 4334 7612 4339 7586 4333 7588
      4329 7586 4315 7589 4319 7608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 267DEG 28KT 4309 7585

$$

SMITH

The 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, 2:19 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, 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

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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.