Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 5:44 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 61 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
- May 14, 2014, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WUUS51 KBUF 142144
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-055-063-073-142245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0007.140514T2144Z-140514T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
544 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 540 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
AKRON...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEDINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MEDINA...
ALBION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4338 7841 4338 7801 4337 7791 4332 7780
4296 7840 4309 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 222DEG 15KT 4308 7844
$$
JJR2 follow-up statements
616
WWUS51 KBUF 142217
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
617 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
NYC029-037-063-142227-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140514T2245Z/
GENESEE NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
617 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4314 7811 4313 7838 4318 7839 4338 7829
4338 7801 4337 7791 4332 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 224DEG 18KT 4320 7829
$$
NYC055-073-142245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140514T2245Z/
ORLEANS NY-MONROE NY-
617 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND ORLEANS COUNTIES...
AT 615 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBION...OR NEAR MEDINA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ALBION...
LAT...LON 4314 7811 4313 7838 4318 7839 4338 7829
4338 7801 4337 7791 4332 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 224DEG 18KT 4320 7829
$$
JJR405
WWUS51 KBUF 142232
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
632 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
NYC055-073-142241-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140514T2245Z/
ORLEANS NY-MONROE NY-
632 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
ORLEANS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 631 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4314 7811 4313 7838 4318 7839 4338 7829
4338 7801 4337 7791 4332 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 224DEG 18KT 4325 7822
$$
JJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 39 min |
| May 13, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 13, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 40 min |
| May 14, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 64 min |
| May 14, 10:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara, Orleans | 59 min |
| May 14, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 95 min | |
| May 14, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.