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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 13, 2014Oswego County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 9:51 PM EDTHAIL 1.51 N Minetto, NYDIME TO PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.
May 13, 9:54 PM EDTHAIL 1Oswego, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

JJR
2 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

$$

JJR
617 
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

$$

JJR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne39 min
May 13, 9:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne5 hr
May 14, 1:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie4 hr
May 14, 3:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Livingston, Wyoming64 min
May 14, 10:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more18 hr
May 14, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara, Orleans59 min
May 14, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans61 min
May 14, 6:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans4 hr
May 14, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
May 14, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara56 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.