Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2014, 9:50 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
- May 13, 2014, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2014, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 N Minetto, NY | DIME TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL. |
| May 13, 9:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Oswego, NY |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633
WUUS51 KBUF 140150
SVRBUF
NYC075-140230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0005.140514T0150Z-140514T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
950 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 36.
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 945 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 5 MILES
SOUTH OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SCRIBA...
PALERMO...
NEW HAVEN...
MEXICO...
PARISH...
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 4347 7582 4342 7584 4328 7651 4344 7659
4346 7656 4353 7636 4352 7629 4354 7624
4358 7622 4369 7585 4349 7575 4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 250DEG 22KT 4340 7644
$$
JJR2 follow-up statements
297
WWUS51 KBUF 140214
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1014 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
NYC075-140230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140514T0230Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1014 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 35 AND 36.
AT 1008 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW HAVEN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RURAL OSWEGO COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAIL OF QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPORTED
IN OSWEGO AND MINETTO WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4354 7578 4354 7579 4353 7584 4351 7589
4342 7630 4352 7634 4353 7635 4353 7636
4352 7629 4354 7624 4358 7622 4369 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 250DEG 22KT 4344 7625
$$
JJR617
WWUS51 KBUF 140230
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1030 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
NYC075-140240-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140514T0230Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1030 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 1030 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 4354 7578 4354 7579 4353 7584 4351 7589
4342 7630 4352 7634 4353 7635 4353 7636
4352 7629 4354 7624 4358 7622 4369 7585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 250DEG 22KT 4343 7625
$$
JJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 39 min |
| May 13, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 14, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 64 min |
| May 14, 10:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara, Orleans | 59 min |
| May 14, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 61 min |
| May 14, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 95 min | |
| May 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 56 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.