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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 3, 2014Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 7:12 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 33 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, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NYTREES DOWN.
Jun 3, 7:39 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Amboy Center, NYTREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-03Temperature 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 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.

556 
WUUS51 KBUF 032312
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-032345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0013.140603T2312Z-140603T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PULASKI...
  OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4343 7562 4348 7581 4339 7585 4330 7630
      4346 7641 4378 7577 4345 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 243DEG 31KT 4343 7621

$$

APFFEL
2 follow-up statements
451 
WWUS51 KBUF 032329
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-075-032345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140603T2345Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
729 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTMAR...OR 19 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PARISH...
  ALTMAR...
  REDFIELD...

LAT...LON 4343 7562 4348 7581 4339 7585 4334 7613
      4358 7617 4378 7577 4345 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 243DEG 31KT 4349 7605

$$

HIBBERT
763 
WWUS51 KBUF 032344
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-075-032353-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140603T2345Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
744 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

AT 743 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 4343 7562 4348 7581 4339 7585 4334 7613
      4358 7617 4378 7577 4345 7551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 243DEG 31KT 4355 7589

$$

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, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne34 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego36 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOneida59 min

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.