Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 11:39 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 11:39 AM EDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 11:51 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Livonia Center, NY | POWER LINES DOWN ON ADAMS ROAD. |
| Jun 8, 11:53 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hemlock, NY | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA OF MAIN STREET |
| Jun 8, 12:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Canandaigua, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON HONEOYE ROAD |
| Jun 8, 12:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Sparta, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973
WUUS51 KBUF 081539
SVRBUF
NYC051-069-117-121-081645-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0019.150608T1539Z-150608T1645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1139 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EAST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1138 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNT MORRIS...OR NEAR GENESEO...AND MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENEVA...CANANDAIGUA...LETCHWORTH STATE PARK...NEWARK...LYONS...
MOUNT MORRIS...CONESUS AND BRISTOL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 390 BETWEEN EXITS 6 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 43 AND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4271 7798 4324 7676 4303 7671 4301 7696
4276 7698 4276 7731 4267 7736 4260 7800
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 257DEG 49KT 4271 7783
$$
MITCHELL2 follow-up statements
749
WWUS51 KBUF 081622
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1222 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
NYC121-081631-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150608T1645Z/
WYOMING NY-
1222 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4290 7734 4305 7712 4324 7676 4303 7671
4301 7696 4276 7698 4276 7731 4267 7736
4265 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 257DEG 49KT 4284 7705
$$
NYC051-069-117-081645-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150608T1645Z/
ONTARIO NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WAYNE NY-
1222 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR ONTARIO...EAST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...
AT 1221 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GENEVA...CANANDAIGUA...NEWARK...LYONS...CLIFTON SPRINGS...CLYDE...
PHELPS AND RUSHVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4290 7734 4305 7712 4324 7676 4303 7671
4301 7696 4276 7698 4276 7731 4267 7736
4265 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 257DEG 49KT 4284 7705
$$
MITCHELL604
WWUS51 KBUF 081646
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1246 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
NYC051-069-117-081655-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150608T1645Z/
ONTARIO NY-LIVINGSTON NY-WAYNE NY-
1246 PM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ONTARIO...EAST CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4290 7734 4305 7712 4324 7676 4303 7671
4301 7696 4276 7698 4276 7731 4267 7736
4265 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 257DEG 49KT 4284 7705
$$
MITCHELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 10:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario | 78 min |
| Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 81 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.