Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Ira, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 34 |
| Jun 13, 4:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Granby Center, NY | LARGE 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.
- 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
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
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
611
WWUS51 KBUF 132043
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NYC011-132051-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140613T2100Z/
CAYUGA NY-
443 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
4323 7630 4322 7647 4338 7648 4347 7614
4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 250DEG 22KT 4329 7639
$$
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
$$
HITCHCOCK574
WWUS51 KBUF 132101
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
NYC075-132112-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140613T2100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
501 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 502 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4322 7608 4326 7620 4321 7620 4320 7629
4323 7630 4322 7647 4338 7648 4347 7614
4336 7604
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 250DEG 22KT 4329 7637
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 39 hr | |
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 80 min |
| Jun 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 60 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.