Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2014, 6:56 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 64 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
- Aug 1, 2014, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 7:32 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Newark, NY | COVERED THE GROUND. |
| Aug 1, 7:33 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newark, NY | MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 1, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newark, NY | TREE ON HOUSE ON MAIN 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
062 WUUS51 KBUF 012256 SVRBUF NYC069-117-020000- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0064.140801T2256Z-140802T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 656 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 654 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 PALMYRA...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEWARK... LYONS... MARION... 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 4329 7715 4307 7672 4298 7719 4305 7734 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 235DEG 14KT 4302 7718 $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
650
WWUS51 KBUF 012343
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
743 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
NYC069-012353-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140802T0000Z/
ONTARIO NY-
743 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4315 7726 4329 7715 4307 7672 4302 7695
4301 7701 4301 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 236DEG 11KT 4306 7704
$$
NYC117-020000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140802T0000Z/
WAYNE NY-
743 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 733 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 NEWARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LYONS...
FAIRVILLE...
SODUS CENTER...
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 4315 7726 4329 7715 4307 7672 4302 7695
4301 7701 4301 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 236DEG 11KT 4306 7704
$$
RSH884
WWUS51 KBUF 020005
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
805 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
NYC117-020014-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140802T0000Z/
WAYNE NY-
805 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
RADAR INDICATED THAT WHILE THE STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE
HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OFFSHORE...ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD
STILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 9
PM.
LAT...LON 4315 7726 4329 7715 4307 7672 4302 7695
4301 7701 4301 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 236DEG 11KT 4306 7704
$$
RSHThe 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, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 47 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, 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.