Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2015, 5:20 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 32 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 12, 2015, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2015, 5:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 12, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS51 KBUF 122120
SVRBUF
NYC011-069-117-122215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0036.150612T2120Z-150612T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
520 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 519 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 PALMYRA...OR 10 MILES NORTH
OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWARK...LYONS...PALMYRA...CLYDE...WEEDSPORT...CATO...CONQUEST AND
SAVANNAH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 NEAR EXIT 40.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR WESTERN NEW
YORK.
LAT...LON 4310 7650 4303 7650 4302 7693 4301 7696
4300 7696 4300 7738 4311 7737 4317 7648
4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 269DEG 39KT 4304 7724
$$
ZAFF1 follow-up statement
590
WWUS51 KBUF 122152
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
552 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
NYC011-069-117-122202-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150612T2215Z/
ONTARIO NY-CAYUGA NY-WAYNE NY-
552 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO...CAYUGA
AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4310 7650 4303 7650 4302 7693 4301 7696
4300 7696 4300 7738 4311 7737 4317 7648
4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 269DEG 39KT 4304 7679
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jun 12, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.