Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2014, 5:53 PM EDT for Erie County, Genesee County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2014, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 6:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
302 WUUS51 KBUF 022153 SVRBUF NYC029-037-121-022300- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0065.140802T2153Z-140802T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 553 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 52. * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 552 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 WALES CENTER...OR NEAR EAST AURORA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MARILLA... ELMA... ALDEN... HARRIS HILL... 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 4298 7885 4309 7844 4271 7841 4265 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 167DEG 18KT 4278 7853 $$ RSH
1 follow-up statement
363 WWUS51 KBUF 022221 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 621 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NYC029-037-121-022231- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-140802T2300Z/ GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-ERIE NY- 621 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 52. ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE... NORTHWESTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4298 7885 4309 7844 4271 7841 4265 7859 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 167DEG 18KT 4291 7857 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 83 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 87 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.