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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 13, 2016Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 5 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 13, 2016, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 2:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Port Bay, NYMULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 13, 3:21 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGGranby Center, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 13, 3:26 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVolney, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 13, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NYMULTIPLE LARGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMexico, NYTREES AND WIRES 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 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

927 
WUUS51 KBUF 131848
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-131945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0043.160813T1848Z-160813T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
248 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHIMNEY
  BLUFFS STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIR HAVEN BEACH STATE
  PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSWEGO...FULTON...FAIR HAVEN BEACH STATE PARK...CENTRAL SQUARE...
  BATTLE ISLAND STATE PARK...MEXICO POINT STATE PARK...
  CHIMNEY BLUFFS STATE PARK AND NINE MILE POINT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4312 7693 4329 7702 4334 7691 4335 7681
      4339 7673 4345 7665 4351 7653 4356 7645
      4357 7636 4356 7631 4356 7628 4360 7626
      4330 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 250DEG 33KT 4327 7687 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

REYNOLDS
2 follow-up statements
188 
WWUS51 KBUF 131911
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

NYC117-131920-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160813T1945Z/
WAYNE NY-
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE 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 4323 7648 4322 7648 4317 7670 4338 7672
      4345 7665 4351 7651 4356 7645 4357 7636
      4356 7631 4356 7628 4360 7626 4330 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 250DEG 33KT 4334 7659 

$$

NYC011-075-131945-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160813T1945Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
311 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO AND CAYUGA COUNTIES...

AT 310 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIR HAVEN
BEACH STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSWEGO...FULTON...FAIR HAVEN BEACH STATE PARK...CENTRAL SQUARE...
BATTLE ISLAND STATE PARK...MEXICO POINT STATE PARK...
NINE MILE POINT AND HASTINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4323 7648 4322 7648 4317 7670 4338 7672
      4345 7665 4351 7651 4356 7645 4357 7636
      4356 7631 4356 7628 4360 7626 4330 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 250DEG 33KT 4334 7659 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

REYNOLDS
323 
WWUS51 KBUF 131946
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
346 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

NYC011-075-131955-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160813T1945Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
346 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO AND CAYUGA
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4323 7648 4322 7648 4317 7670 4338 7672
      4345 7665 4351 7651 4356 7645 4357 7636
      4356 7631 4356 7628 4360 7626 4330 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 250DEG 33KT 4334 7659 

$$

RSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson34 min
Aug 13, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis40 min
Aug 13, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie46 min
Aug 13, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Monroe41 min
Aug 13, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe, Wayne40 min
Aug 13, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 13, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne31 min
Aug 13, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Aug 13, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Aug 13, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie25 min
Aug 13, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming55 min
Aug 13, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Aug 13, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego67 min
Aug 13, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus36 min
Aug 13, 3:41 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF28 hr
Aug 13, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF115 min
Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne54 min
Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming32 min
Aug 13, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming42 min
Aug 13, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis39 min
Aug 13, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne27 min
Aug 13, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario26 min
Aug 13, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario39 min
Aug 13, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua43 min
Aug 13, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Wyoming36 min
Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Aug 13, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming50 min
Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF90 min
Aug 13, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.