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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2014Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2014, 4:17 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2014, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 5:00 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), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 4:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Ira, NYTREE DOWN ON ROUTE 34
Jun 13, 4:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGranby Center, NYLARGE TREE LIMB DOWN

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, 8.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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.

156 
WUUS51 KBUF 132017
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-132100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0015.140613T2017Z-140613T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
417 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 414 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 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FULTON...
  PHOENIX...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...

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 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4319 7647 4318 7667
      4334 7668 4349 7616 4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 251DEG 23KT 4324 7656

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
611 
WWUS51 KBUF 132043
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NYC011-132051-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140613T2100Z/
CAYUGA NY-
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

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

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4338 7648 4347 7614
      4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 250DEG 22KT 4329 7639

$$

NYC075-132100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140613T2100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWEST OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 438 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 FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FULTON...
  PHOENIX...
  PENNELLVILLE...
  PALERMO...

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 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4338 7648 4347 7614
      4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 250DEG 22KT 4329 7639

$$

HITCHCOCK
574 
WWUS51 KBUF 132101
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NYC075-132112-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140613T2100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST OSWEGO COUNTY HAS 
EXPIRED...

AT 502 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 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4338 7648 4347 7614
      4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 250DEG 22KT 4329 7637

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming4 hr
Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus5 hr
Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFErie, Genesee4 hr
Jun 13, 4:31 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF39 hr
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario, Wayne80 min
Jun 13, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga57 min
Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego60 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.