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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 8, 2014Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 5:41 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 79 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: Jul 8, 2014, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 79 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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, 5:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fulton, NY	TRAILER ROOF DAMAGE
Jul 8, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Granby Center, NY	TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN.
Jul 8, 6:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Scriba, NY	5 TREES DOWN INCLUDING ONE ON A CAR
Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Palermo, NY	TREES DOWN
Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Pineville, NY	11 INCH AND 30 INCH DIAMETER MAPLE TREES DOWN.
Jul 8, 6:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Stillwater, NY	LINE OF TREES BROKEN OFF 30 FEET UP FROM GROUND

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, 9.7 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-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

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The text

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

176 
WUUS51 KBUF 082141
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-082300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0055.140708T2141Z-140708T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 37.

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE    
  AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS   
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF     
  CATO TO 18 MILES WEST OF WEEDSPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RED CREEK...
  MARTVILLE...
  FAIR HAVEN...
  CATO...
  OSWEGO...
  FULTON...
  NINE MILE POINT...
  PHOENIX...
  SELKIRK BEACH...
  PULASKI...
  REDFIELD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE DANGEROUS...DESTRUCTIVE...AND POSSIBLY
DEADLY. THESE WINDS CAN SNAP AND UPROOT LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES AND
OVERTURN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING
NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4303 7649 4302 7684
      4332 7680 4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642
      4354 7624 4366 7621 4369 7578 4348 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 263DEG 45KT 4330 7684 4302 7689

$$

HITCHCOCK

3 follow-up statements

564 
WWUS51 KBUF 082218
SVSBUF

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

NYC117-082227-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
WAYNE NY-
618 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

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

THE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS THAT PRODUCED WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
WAYNE COUNTY HAVE MOVED EAST.

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

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4303 7649 4303 7671
      4337 7650 4353 7642 4354 7624 4366 7621
      4369 7578 4348 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 251DEG 56KT 4364 7610 4342 7607
          4325 7634

$$

NYC011-075-082300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
618 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SANDY CREEK TO PARISH TO PHOENIX...
MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  CLEVELAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE DANGEROUS...DESTRUCTIVE...AND POSSIBLY
DEADLY. THESE WINDS CAN SNAP AND UPROOT LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES AND
OVERTURN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING 
NOW! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4320 7629
      4323 7630 4322 7647 4303 7649 4303 7671
      4337 7650 4353 7642 4354 7624 4366 7621
      4369 7578 4348 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 251DEG 56KT 4364 7610 4342 7607
          4325 7634

$$

RSH

281 
WWUS51 KBUF 082237
SVSBUF

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

NYC011-082246-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
CAYUGA NY-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4348 7581 4334 7588 4333 7588 4329 7586
      4316 7589 4320 7607 4328 7619 4326 7620
      4321 7621 4321 7628 4325 7630 4367 7604
      4368 7599 4369 7578 4349 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 251DEG 56KT 4366 7574 4348 7584
          4324 7600

$$

NYC075-082300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
OSWEGO NY-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 35.

AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF REDFIELD TO 
WILLIAMSTOWN TO CONSTANTIA...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  REDFIELD...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...
  CONSTANTIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4348 7581 4334 7588 4333 7588 4329 7586
      4316 7589 4320 7607 4328 7619 4326 7620
      4321 7621 4321 7628 4325 7630 4367 7604
      4368 7599 4369 7578 4349 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 251DEG 56KT 4366 7574 4348 7584
          4324 7600

$$

HITCHCOCK

638 
WWUS51 KBUF 082300
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-082310-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140708T2300Z/
OSWEGO NY-
700 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 700 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE 
DESTRUCTIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4348 7581 4334 7588 4333 7588 4329 7586
      4316 7589 4320 7607 4328 7619 4326 7620
      4321 7621 4321 7628 4325 7630 4367 7604
      4368 7599 4369 7578 4349 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 251DEG 56KT 4378 7525 4360 7535
          4336 7551

$$

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, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne	54 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, 5:56 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.