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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Buffalo, NY

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

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2014, 5:51 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. 8 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, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 24, 5:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGButler Center, NYTREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY.
Jun 24, 6:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFulton, NYLARGE TREE ON HOUSE
Jun 24, 6:19 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Stewart Corners, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOswego, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOswego, NYTREE ON WIRES
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NYTREE PARTIALLY BLOCKING ROADWAY
Jun 24, 6:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 24, 6:38 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGConstantia, NYTREES 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

483 
WUUS51 KBUF 242151
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-242245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0029.140624T2151Z-140624T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
551 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
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 548 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 6 MILES
  WEST OF CATO...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CATO...
  FULTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4315 7588 4319 7608
      4326 7620 4320 7622 4320 7629 4322 7631
      4322 7647 4305 7649 4303 7663 4330 7692
      4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642 4354 7624
      4366 7621 4347 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 235DEG 31KT 4316 7667

$$

THOMAS
2 follow-up statements
129 
WWUS51 KBUF 242227
SVSBUF

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

NYC117-242236-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140624T2245Z/
WAYNE NY-
627 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4315 7588 4319 7608
      4326 7620 4320 7622 4320 7629 4322 7631
      4322 7647 4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642
      4354 7624 4366 7621 4347 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 235DEG 31KT 4333 7633

$$

NYC011-075-242245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140624T2245Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
627 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PARISH...
  OSWEGO...

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4315 7588 4319 7608
      4326 7620 4320 7622 4320 7629 4322 7631
      4322 7647 4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642
      4354 7624 4366 7621 4347 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 235DEG 31KT 4333 7633

$$

THOMAS
084 
WWUS51 KBUF 242246
SVSBUF

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

NYC011-075-242256-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140624T2245Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
646 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND 
WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 646 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.

LAT...LON 4333 7588 4332 7585 4315 7588 4319 7608
      4326 7620 4320 7622 4320 7629 4322 7631
      4322 7647 4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642
      4354 7624 4366 7621 4347 7582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 235DEG 31KT 4334 7632

$$

WOOD

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, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Ontario, Wayne44 min
Jun 24, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario49 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

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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.