Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2014, 3:46 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 59 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 14, 2014, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 14, 4:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Canandaigua, NY | HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CANANDAIGUA |
| Jul 14, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Ennerdale, NY | TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 20 BETWEEN COUNTY ROUTES 47 AND 17. |
| Jul 14, 4:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Ennerdale, NY | TWO TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 20 BETWEEN COUNTY ROUTES 47 AND 17 IN HOPEWELL. ALSO...A NEARBY CORN FIELD WAS FLATTENED IN GORHAM. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
821
WUUS51 KBUF 141946
SVRBUF
NYC055-069-142045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0059.140714T1946Z-140714T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
346 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 344 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
SOUTHWEST OF VICTOR...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRPORT...AND MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
VICTOR...
CANANDAIGUA...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4289 7755 4290 7756 4300 7758 4304 7715
4283 7717
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 270DEG 15KT 4294 7749
$$
HITCHCOCK1 follow-up statement
647 WWUS51 KBUF 142006 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 406 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 NYC055-142014- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140714T2045Z/ MONROE NY- 406 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4288 7747 4298 7746 4300 7715 4283 7717 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 282DEG 18KT 4292 7737 $$ NYC069-142045- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140714T2045Z/ ONTARIO NY- 406 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY... ...A TORNADO WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY... AT 403 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 IN ADDITION TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLCOMB...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CANANDAIGUA... SHORTSVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND POTENTIALLY A TORNADO. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4288 7747 4298 7746 4300 7715 4283 7717 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 282DEG 18KT 4292 7737 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Ontario | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Ontario | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 54 hr | |
| Jul 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 47 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.