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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 24, 2014Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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 24, 2014, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 24, 5:18 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPhelps, NYMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA
Jun 24, 5:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Se Phelps, NY*** 2 FATAL *** TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON CAR ON PRE EMPTION ROAD.
Jun 24, 5:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSavannah, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON AIKENS ROAD
Jun 24, 5:46 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Port Byron, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 24, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGConquest, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 24, 5:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGButler Center, NYTREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY.

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2014-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 2014-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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.

238 
WUUS51 KBUF 242116
SVRBUF
NYC011-069-117-242200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0027.140624T2116Z-140624T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
516 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 515 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 NEAR
  PHELPS...OR NEAR GENEVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 4299 7718 4333 7665 4328 7660 4325 7660
      4325 7657 4316 7646 4315 7648 4312 7647
      4302 7665 4301 7695 4287 7695 4283 7700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 229DEG 27KT 4294 7702

$$

THOMAS
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS51 KBUF 242145
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

NYC069-242154-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140624T2200Z/
ONTARIO NY-
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ONTARIO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4315 7648 4312 7647 4302 7665 4303 7688
      4312 7697 4333 7665 4328 7660 4325 7660
      4325 7657 4316 7646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 229DEG 27KT 4309 7676

$$

NYC011-117-242200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140624T2200Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 543 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 SAVANNAH...OR NEAR MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CONQUEST...
  VICTORY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 4315 7648 4312 7647 4302 7665 4303 7688
      4312 7697 4333 7665 4328 7660 4325 7660
      4325 7657 4316 7646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 229DEG 27KT 4309 7676

$$

THOMAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 5:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario64 min
Jun 24, 11:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more28 hr
Jun 24, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee62 min
Jun 24, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario49 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne54 min
Jun 24, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jun 24, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming56 min
Jun 24, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego57 min
Jun 24, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Jun 24, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 24, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis62 min
Jun 24, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie52 min
Jun 24, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara64 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.