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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 10, 2013Livingston County, Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 5:35 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 55 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, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 5:39 PM EDTHAIL 1Springwater, NYREPORTED NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL THAT COVERED THE GROUND.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2013-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

834 
WUUS51 KBUF 102135
SVRBUF
NYC051-069-102230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0009.130510T2135Z-130510T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
535 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 535 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
  SPRINGWATER...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NAPLES...

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 4263 7764 4293 7698 4276 7699 4276 7731
      4272 7734 4267 7735 4266 7736 4258 7735
      4257 7737 4257 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 256DEG 24KT 4260 7754

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
421 
WWUS51 KBUF 102211
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013

NYC051-069-102222-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130510T2230Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-ONTARIO NY-
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
SOUTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 612 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4263 7764 4293 7698 4276 7699 4276 7731
      4272 7734 4267 7735 4266 7736 4258 7735
      4257 7737 4257 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 256DEG 24KT 4266 7721

$$

JJR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus42 min
May 10, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus43 min
May 10, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 10, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming54 min
May 10, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua38 min
May 10, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Wyoming63 min
May 10, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie57 min
May 10, 4:39 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFChautauqua36 min
May 10, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus53 min
May 10, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans24 min
May 10, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus46 min
May 10, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF26 min
May 10, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 10, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus28 min
May 10, 6:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans3 hr
May 10, 6:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua3 hr
May 10, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany47 min
May 10, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus45 min
May 10, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
May 10, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego67 min
May 10, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Wyoming56 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.