Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2014, 12:36 AM EST for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 34 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
- Dec 25, 2014, 12:36 AM EST (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2014, 1:10 AM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402
WUUS51 KBUF 250536
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-250630-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0071.141225T0536Z-141225T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1236 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 39 AND 49.
* UNTIL 130 AM EST
* AT 1229 AM EST...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 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWICK BEACH...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WATERTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 85 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...
FORT DRUM...
LAT...LON 4418 7536 4370 7596 4371 7602 4367 7602
4374 7623 4380 7624 4382 7627 4387 7622
4390 7614 4396 7615 4437 7580 4437 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 219DEG 74KT 4381 7600
$$
WOOD1 follow-up statement
413
WWUS51 KBUF 250610
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
110 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014
NYC045-049-250620-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-141225T0630Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
110 AM EST THU DEC 25 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND NORTHWESTERN
LEWIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 110 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4418 7536 4370 7596 4371 7602 4367 7602
4374 7623 4380 7624 4382 7627 4387 7622
4390 7614 4396 7615 4437 7580 4437 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 219DEG 74KT 4437 7537
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 38 min |
| Dec 24, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.