Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 10:10 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 50 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 28, 2013, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KBUF 290210
SVRBUF
NYC013-290300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0041.130529T0210Z-130529T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1010 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 12.
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1009 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
CLYMER...OR 22 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FREWSBURG...
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.
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 4219 7975 4210 7906 4200 7906 4199 7962
4199 7972 4200 7977 4210 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 283DEG 34KT 4208 7965
$$
JJR1 follow-up statement
027
WWUS51 KBUF 290243
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1043 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
NYC013-290253-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130529T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
1043 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS
NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PLEASE NOTE THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4219 7975 4210 7906 4200 7906 4199 7962
4199 7972 4200 7977 4210 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 283DEG 34KT 4201 7924
$$
JJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 45 min |
| May 28, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| May 28, 10:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| May 28, 11:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 17 hr | |
| May 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.