Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2014, 5:43 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 1, 2014, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Greece, NY | TREE ON LATTA NEAR STUTSON. |
| Aug 1, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Charlotte, NY | MULTIPLE WIRES AND TREES DOWN. LAKE AVE AND RIVER STREET. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724
WUUS51 KBUF 012143
SVRBUF
NYC055-012230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0063.140801T2143Z-140801T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
543 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 541 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
GATES...OR NEAR ROCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
IRONDEQUOIT BAY...
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 4332 7770 4330 7767 4328 7762 4325 7757
4324 7753 4313 7771 4333 7773 4333 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 218DEG 21KT 4318 7761
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
460
WWUS51 KBUF 012222
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
622 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
NYC055-012230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140801T2230Z/
MONROE NY-
622 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GATES-NORTH GATES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GREECE AND THE NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS OF ROCHESTER
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4332 7770 4330 7767 4328 7762 4325 7757
4324 7753 4313 7771 4333 7773 4333 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 222DEG 29KT 4315 7771
$$
RSH750
WWUS51 KBUF 012237
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
637 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
NYC055-012242-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140801T2230Z/
MONROE NY-
637 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 632 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.
HOWEVER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO THE SAME AREA. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE OVER LAKE
ONTARIO BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM.
LAT...LON 4332 7770 4330 7767 4328 7762 4325 7757
4324 7753 4313 7771 4333 7773 4333 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 222DEG 29KT 4316 7770
$$
MITCHELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 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.