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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 3, 2014Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
Jun 3, 2014, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 6:17 PM EDTHAIL 0.882 N North Rose, NY
Jun 3, 6:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWolcott, NYONE POLE DOWN...TIME ESTIMATED

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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2014-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 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 2014-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

399 
WUUS51 KBUF 032211
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-032245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0012.140603T2211Z-140603T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
611 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SODUS TO
  CLYDE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MONTEZUMA TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WEEDSPORT...
  FAIR HAVEN...
  WOLCOTT...
  CLYDE...
  CATO...
  NORTH ROSE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. 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 4304 7650 4301 7677 4301 7699 4327 7711
      4329 7704 4328 7694 4330 7691 4332 7679
      4335 7673 4335 7670 4338 7667 4339 7662
      4325 7660 4325 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 250DEG 26KT 4321 7695 4309 7689

$$

HIBBERT
2 follow-up statements
771 
WWUS51 KBUF 032231
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NYC011-117-032245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140603T2245Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
631 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RED CREEK TO
CONQUEST...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA
TO 8 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  VICTORY...
  RED CREEK...
  CONQUEST...
  FAIR HAVEN...
  IRA...

LAT...LON 4304 7650 4303 7674 4331 7685 4332 7681
      4332 7679 4335 7673 4335 7670 4338 7667
      4339 7662 4325 7660 4325 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 250DEG 26KT 4326 7676 4314 7670

$$

HIBBERT
846 
WWUS51 KBUF 032248
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
648 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NYC011-117-032258-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140603T2245Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
648 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 648 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

AT 648 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.

LAT...LON 4304 7650 4303 7674 4331 7685 4332 7681
      4332 7679 4335 7673 4335 7670 4338 7667
      4339 7662 4325 7660 4325 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 250DEG 26KT 4326 7675 4314 7669

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Jun 3, 10:41 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF12 hr
Jun 3, 11:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson53 min
Jun 3, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis48 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne43 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego36 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego33 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOneida59 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.