Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2014, 6:49 PM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 56 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, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
893
WUUS51 KBUF 142249
SVRBUF
NYC063-142345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0008.140514T2249Z-140514T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
649 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES WEST OF NIAGARA FALLS TO PORT
COLBORNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NIAGARA FALLS...
YOUNGSTOWN...
SANBORN...
NEWFANE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. 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 4312 7907 4313 7906 4325 7906 4326 7908
4327 7907 4329 7894 4333 7883 4337 7857
4331 7856 4306 7893 4307 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 226DEG 30KT 4320 7938 4311 7928
4303 7921 4288 7916
$$
JJR2 follow-up statements
779
WWUS51 KBUF 142323
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
723 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
NYC063-142345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140514T2345Z/
NIAGARA NY-
723 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY...
AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSTOWN TO RANSOMVILLE TO
SANBORN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WILSON...
NEWFANE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4312 7907 4313 7906 4325 7906 4326 7908
4327 7907 4329 7894 4333 7883 4337 7857
4331 7856 4306 7893 4307 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 226DEG 30KT 4340 7910 4331 7900
4323 7893 4308 7888
$$
JJR123
WWUS51 KBUF 142345
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
745 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
NYC063-142354-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140514T2345Z/
NIAGARA NY-
745 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
AT 744 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS
NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE
FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4312 7907 4313 7906 4325 7906 4326 7908
4327 7907 4329 7894 4333 7883 4337 7857
4331 7856 4306 7893 4307 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 226DEG 30KT 4352 7893 4343 7883
4335 7876 4320 7871
$$
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, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 61 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 |
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.