Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2015, 5:22 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 53 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 10, 2015, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 10, 5:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clyde, NY | MULTIPLE TREE REPORTED 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950
WUUS51 KBUF 102122
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-102215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0055.150810T2122Z-150810T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
522 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 521 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 LYONS...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
WATERLOO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONS...CLYDE...ROSE...SAVANNAH...PORT BYRON AND SOUTH BUTLER.
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 4312 7700 4322 7668 4303 7663 4303 7671
4302 7676 4302 7696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 257DEG 13KT 4307 7694
$$
APFFEL2 follow-up statements
326
WWUS51 KBUF 102140
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
540 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
NYC011-117-102215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150810T2215Z/
CAYUGA NY-WAYNE NY-
540 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CAYUGA AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLYDE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF SENECA
FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLYDE...SAVANNAH...PORT BYRON AND SOUTH BUTLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4313 7692 4322 7668 4303 7663 4303 7671
4302 7676 4302 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 257DEG 13KT 4309 7685
$$
APFFEL502
WWUS51 KBUF 102206
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
NYC011-117-102215-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-150810T2215Z/
CAYUGA NY-WAYNE NY-
606 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA AND SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4313 7692 4322 7668 4303 7663 4303 7671
4302 7676 4302 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 257DEG 13KT 4309 7685
$$
APFFELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
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.