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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 2, 2013Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2013, 4:32 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 43 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: Sep 2, 2013, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Granby Center, NY	TREES DOWN.
Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Palermo, NY	TREES DOWN ON PARIDISE RD.
Sep 2, 4:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Albion Center, NY	TREES DOWN
Sep 2, 5:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	West Monroe, NY	WIRES DOWN.
Sep 2, 5:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Redfield, NY	TREES DOWN.

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
Sep 2, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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: 129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

692 
WUUS51 KBUF 022032
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-022115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0096.130902T2032Z-130902T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
432 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULTON TO
  12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHOENIX...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
  MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALDWINSVILLE...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...
  REDFIELD...
  SAND RIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4321 7626
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4322 7647 4303 7648
      4303 7651 4344 7649 4355 7576 4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 266DEG 30KT 4354 7622 4311 7641

$$

WOOD

2 follow-up statements

146 
WWUS51 KBUF 022054
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
454 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC011-022104-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130902T2115Z/
CAYUGA NY-
454 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4321 7626
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4349 7619 4355 7576
      4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 266DEG 30KT 4355 7597 4312 7616

$$

NYC075-022115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130902T2115Z/
OSWEGO NY-
454 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 34.

AT 453 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALTMAR TO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOWER SOUTH BAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19
MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN TO LIVERPOOL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LOWER SOUTH BAY...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  CLEVELAND...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4321 7626
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4349 7619 4355 7576
      4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 266DEG 30KT 4355 7597 4312 7616

$$

SMITH

302 
WWUS51 KBUF 022114
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
514 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYC075-022124-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-130902T2115Z/
OSWEGO NY-
514 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4321 7626
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4349 7619 4355 7576
      4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 266DEG 30KT 4356 7574 4313 7593

$$

WOOD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 1, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	57 min
Sep 1, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	65 min
Sep 1, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	77 min
Sep 2, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Sep 2, 11:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Sep 2, 11:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
Sep 2, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	23 min
Sep 2, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	32 min
Sep 2, 12:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	36 min
Sep 2, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cayuga	39 min
Sep 2, 1:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	34 min
Sep 2, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	62 min
Sep 2, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming	55 min
Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	29 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	61 min
Sep 2, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		38 min
Sep 2, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cayuga	29 min
Sep 2, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 min
Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	59 min
Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		2 hr
Sep 2, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	61 min
Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	60 min
Sep 2, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	65 min
Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	59 min
Sep 2, 4:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	3 hr
Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	51 min
Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	33 min
Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min
Sep 2, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	36 min
Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	25 min
Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Lewis	3 hr
Sep 2, 6:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		61 hr

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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.