Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2015, 10:33 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 10, 2015, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858
WUUS51 KBUF 110233
SVRBUF
NYC069-110300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0027.150611T0233Z-150611T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1033 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEAST ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1032 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...GORHAM...COTTAGE CITY...HALL...
CHESHIRE AND SENECA LAKE STATE PARK.
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.
THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF THESE
STORMS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INTO A BASEMENT...OR AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
&&
LAT...LON 4275 7736 4290 7733 4291 7697 4287 7696
4287 7698 4286 7698 4284 7697 4276 7697
4276 7731 4274 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 278DEG 43KT 4281 7722
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
100 WWUS51 KBUF 110246 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1046 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015 NYC069-110300- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150611T0300Z/ ONTARIO NY- 1046 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST ONTARIO COUNTY... AT 1046 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BENTON...OR NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GORHAM AND HALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4284 7714 4285 7698 4276 7697 4276 7716 TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 278DEG 47KT 4278 7704 $$ HITCHCOCK
069
WWUS51 KBUF 110256
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1056 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015
NYC069-110306-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150611T0300Z/
ONTARIO NY-
1056 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4284 7714 4285 7698 4276 7697 4276 7716
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 278DEG 43KT 4278 7704
$$
HITCHCOCKThe 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, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 45 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.