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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2015Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2015, 9:16 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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 10, 2015, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2015, 10:01 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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 10, 9:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sodus, NY	LARGE TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN
Jun 10, 9:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Macedon, NY	TREES DOWN IN ROAD
Jun 10, 9:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Macedon, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

700 
WUUS51 KBUF 110116
SVRBUF
NYC117-110215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0023.150611T0116Z-150611T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
916 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 915 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEBSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT
  75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ONTARIO...NEWARK...WILLIAMSON...MARION...LYONS...PALMYRA...CLYDE
  AND SODUS.

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 4304 7737 4327 7738 4328 7735 4328 7717
      4329 7715 4328 7707 4327 7703 4327 7695
      4330 7690 4331 7684 4331 7678 4334 7672
      4307 7671 4305 7672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 262DEG 67KT 4321 7741 

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

055 
WWUS51 KBUF 110142
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
942 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

NYC117-110215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150611T0215Z/
WAYNE NY-
942 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 941 PM EDT...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 FAIR HAVEN BEACH STATE PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 75 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SODUS...CHIMNEY BLUFFS STATE PARK...ROSE...HURON...WOLCOTT...SODUS
POINT...RED CREEK AND NORTH ROSE.

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 4316 7707 4327 7706 4327 7695 4330 7690
      4331 7684 4331 7678 4334 7672 4314 7671
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 262DEG 67KT 4328 7674 

$$

HITCHCOCK

235 
WWUS51 KBUF 110201
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1001 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

NYC117-110210-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150611T0215Z/
WAYNE NY-
1001 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4316 7707 4327 7706 4327 7695 4330 7690
      4331 7684 4331 7678 4334 7672 4314 7671
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 262DEG 67KT 4333 7624 

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		91 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	57 min
Jun 10, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Monroe	49 min
Jun 10, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Jun 10, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe	26 min
Jun 10, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	35 min
Jun 10, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	61 min
Jun 10, 9:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Ontario	29 min
Jun 10, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	27 min
Jun 11, 10:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.