Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2015, 2:56 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 1, 2015, 2:56 AM EDT (06:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:22 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Port Leyden, NY | WIRES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2155 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
858
WUUS51 KBUF 010656
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-010800-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0052.150801T0656Z-150801T0800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
256 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 256 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARTHAGE...LOWVILLE...WEST CARTHAGE...REDFIELD...HERRINGS...
HIGHMARKET...BARNES CORNERS AND WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 NEAR EXIT 38.
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 4347 7596 4367 7608 4370 7608 4421 7543
4410 7517 4363 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 242DEG 40KT 4364 7595
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
885
WWUS51 KBUF 010725
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
325 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
NYC045-075-010735-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150801T0800Z/
OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
325 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS
PARTICULAR AREA.
LAT...LON 4360 7567 4368 7576 4385 7573 4413 7527
4410 7517 4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 244DEG 33KT 4373 7560
$$
NYC049-010800-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150801T0800Z/
LEWIS NY-
325 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT
FOR LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 325 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWVILLE...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...DENMARK...NEW BREMEN...
WATSON...MARTINSBURG...GREIG AND COPENHAGEN.
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 4360 7567 4368 7576 4385 7573 4413 7527
4410 7517 4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 244DEG 33KT 4373 7560
$$
RSH454
WWUS51 KBUF 010756
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
356 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
NYC049-010806-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150801T0800Z/
LEWIS NY-
356 AM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4360 7567 4368 7576 4385 7573 4413 7527
4410 7517 4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 242DEG 40KT 4373 7560
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 min | |
| Aug 1, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 38 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.