Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2013, 4:52 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairport, NY | LARGE TREE DOWN...REPORTED BY YNN. |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairport, NY | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN. |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rochester, NY | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN. |
| Jul 3, 5:28 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pittsford, NY | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIRES DOWN. |
| Jul 3, 5:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Brighton, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
151 WUUS51 KBUF 032052 SVRBUF NYC055-117-032130- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0055.130703T2052Z-130703T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 452 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 447 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 BRIGHTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EAST ROCHESTER... FAIRPORT... PALMYRA... 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 4323 7706 4304 7706 4303 7764 4319 7764 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 269DEG 18KT 4309 7754 $$ JJR
1 follow-up statement
794 WWUS51 KBUF 032113 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 513 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 NYC055-117-032130- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-130703T2130Z/ WAYNE NY-MONROE NY- 513 PM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR EASTERN MONROE AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MACEDON... PALMYRA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4320 7753 4323 7707 4304 7706 4303 7753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 269DEG 18KT 4309 7737 $$ JJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jul 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe | 6 hr |
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.