Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2016, 3:23 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 67 min. 4 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, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 13, 3:26 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Volney, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 13, 3:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | MULTIPLE LARGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 13, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mexico, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN. |
| Aug 13, 4:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyonsdale, NY | TREES 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
016
WUUS51 KBUF 131923
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-132030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0045.160813T1923Z-160813T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
323 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 323 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEXICO
POINT STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF OSWEGO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWVILLE...PULASKI...CENTRAL SQUARE...REDFIELD...
SELKIRK SHORES STATE PARK...HIGHMARKET...
MEXICO POINT STATE PARK AND WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 37.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4334 7588 4327 7634
4349 7644 4401 7529 4361 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 244DEG 41KT 4344 7630
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
918
WWUS51 KBUF 131956
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
356 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
NYC045-049-075-132030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160813T2030Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-OSWEGO NY-
356 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR LEWIS...SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO
COUNTIES...
AT 356 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDFIELD...OR
15 MILES EAST OF SANDY ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWVILLE...REDFIELD...HIGHMARKET...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...
RICHLAND...NEW BREMEN...WATSON AND MARTINSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4344 7596 4354 7612
4401 7529 4361 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 249DEG 31KT 4355 7592
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RSH997
WWUS51 KBUF 132029
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
429 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
NYC045-049-075-132038-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160813T2030Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-OSWEGO NY-
429 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LEWIS...SOUTH CENTRAL
JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4344 7596 4354 7612
4401 7529 4361 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 244DEG 41KT 4355 7592
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Aug 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 28 hr | |
| Aug 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 115 min | |
| Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Aug 13, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 13, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Aug 13, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 90 min | |
| Aug 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 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.