Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2016, 2:46 PM EDT for Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 12, 2:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clarendon, NY | WIRES DOWN ON POWERLINE RD. |
| Aug 12, 2:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Holley, NY | WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 12, 2:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clarendon, NY | TREE 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
863
WUUS51 KBUF 121846
SVRBUF
NYC055-073-121930-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0042.160812T1846Z-160812T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
246 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
EASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 246 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLEY...OR
NEAR ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...GREECE...IRONDEQUOIT...BROCKPORT...ALBION...HILTON...
BRIGHTON AND GATES-NORTH GATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4336 7770 4329 7756 4313 7757 4314 7818
4332 7818 4337 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 269DEG 49KT 4323 7808
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
406
WWUS51 KBUF 121905
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
305 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
NYC073-121915-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160812T1930Z/
ORLEANS NY-
305 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4329 7756 4313 7757 4314 7799 4333 7798
4337 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 268DEG 41KT 4324 7780
$$
NYC055-121930-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160812T1930Z/
MONROE NY-
305 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 305 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPENCERPORT...OR NEAR HILTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...GREECE...IRONDEQUOIT...BROCKPORT...HILTON...BRIGHTON...
GATES-NORTH GATES AND SPENCERPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4329 7756 4313 7757 4314 7799 4333 7798
4337 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 268DEG 41KT 4324 7780
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RSH480
WWUS51 KBUF 121927
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
NYC055-121937-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160812T1930Z/
MONROE NY-
327 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE
WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4329 7756 4313 7757 4314 7799 4333 7798
4337 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 269DEG 49KT 4324 7780
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Aug 12, 4:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 45 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 95 min | |
| Aug 12, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 12, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 25 min | |
| Aug 12, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Aug 12, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 12, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 48 min | |
| Aug 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 58 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.