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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 17, 2013Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 17, 2013, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1698 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

347 
WUUS51 KBUF 172018
SVRBUF
NYC069-117-172115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0066.130717T2018Z-130717T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
418 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 43.

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 415 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
  PALMYRA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEWARK...
  PHELPS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4300 7734 4317 7723 4303 7672 4302 7673
      4301 7677 4301 7696 4287 7695 4285 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 295DEG 18KT 4305 7717

$$

TJP
2 follow-up statements
511 
WWUS51 KBUF 172035
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
435 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NYC069-117-172115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-130717T2115Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
435 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES...

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 43.

AT 431 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 NEWARK...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PHELPS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING 
WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4300 7734 4317 7723 4303 7672 4302 7673
      4301 7677 4301 7696 4287 7695 4285 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 295DEG 18KT 4303 7710

$$

TJP
431 
WWUS51 KBUF 172108
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
508 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

NYC069-117-172118-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-130717T2115Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
508 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2013

THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 43.

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...

AT 508 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE 
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4300 7734 4317 7723 4303 7672 4302 7673
      4301 7677 4301 7696 4287 7695 4285 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 295DEG 18KT 4296 7690

$$

TJP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBUFCayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 3 more5 hr
Jul 17, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jul 17, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne66 min
Jul 17, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson61 min
Jul 17, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe, Orleans61 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.