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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 8, 20144 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 4:51 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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: Jul 8, 2014, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Jul 8, 5:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Newark, NY	BARN BLOWN ONTO STATE ROUTE 88
Jul 8, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Newark, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN
Jul 8, 5:37 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wolcott, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

422 
WUUS51 KBUF 082051
SVRBUF
NYC011-069-075-117-082145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0053.140708T2051Z-140708T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
451 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 450 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 8 MILES NORTH OF GENEVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLYDE...
  FULTON...
  STERLING...
  FAIR HAVEN 

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

&&

LAT...LON 4322 7647 4311 7647 4310 7649 4303 7649
      4301 7695 4291 7695 4289 7705 4301 7717
      4336 7673 4336 7669 4343 7663 4348 7649
      4353 7642 4352 7630 4322 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 228DEG 42KT 4300 7698

$$

RSH

1 follow-up statement

915 
WWUS51 KBUF 082105
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

NYC069-082114-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140708T2145Z/
ONTARIO NY-
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4322 7647 4311 7647 4310 7649 4303 7649
      4302 7684 4329 7682 4333 7677 4336 7669
      4343 7663 4348 7649 4353 7642 4352 7630
      4322 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 228DEG 42KT 4310 7674

$$

NYC011-075-117-082145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140708T2145Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
505 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO AND EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...

AT 500 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 50
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CONQUEST...
  VICTORY...
  IRA...
  FULTON...
  NEW HAVEN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT 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 7647 4311 7647 4310 7649 4303 7649
      4302 7684 4329 7682 4333 7677 4336 7669
      4343 7663 4348 7649 4353 7642 4352 7630
      4322 7630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 228DEG 42KT 4310 7674

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Jul 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		58 min
Jul 7, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		25 min
Jul 7, 10:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming	65 min
Jul 8, 2:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		33 hr
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	59 min
Jul 8, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Wyoming	49 min
Jul 8, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		92 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	60 min
Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	54 min
Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		82 min
Jul 8, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		92 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	55 min
Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	44 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Erie	45 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming	44 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		84 min
Jul 8, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming	57 min
Jul 8, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	62 min
Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Jul 8, 4:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	58 min
Jul 8, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		89 min
Jul 8, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	79 min
Jul 8, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		64 min
Jul 8, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Oswego	57 min
Jul 8, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	78 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		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.