Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 4:54 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2016, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 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
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
234
WUUS51 KBUF 162054
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-162200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0054.160816T2054Z-160816T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
454 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FAIR HAVEN
BEACH STATE PARK AND 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...PULASKI...CENTRAL
SQUARE...BATTLE ISLAND STATE PARK...SELKIRK SHORES STATE PARK AND
MEXICO POINT STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 36.
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 4323 7671 4340 7672 4341 7671 4355 7641
4357 7635 4356 7630 4357 7628 4359 7626
4366 7598 4333 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 254DEG 37KT 4333 7669
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
REYNOLDS2 follow-up statements
939
WWUS51 KBUF 162126
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
526 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
NYC011-162135-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160816T2200Z/
CAYUGA NY-
526 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4331 7635 4351 7641 4353 7627 4360 7621
4366 7598 4333 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 254DEG 37KT 4342 7626
$$
NYC075-162200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160816T2200Z/
OSWEGO NY-
526 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 525 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEXICO POINT
STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PULASKI...MEXICO POINT STATE PARK...SELKIRK SHORES STATE PARK...
HASTINGS...VOLNEY...RICHLAND...PALERMO AND NEW HAVEN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 33 AND 36.
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 4331 7635 4351 7641 4353 7627 4360 7621
4366 7598 4333 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 254DEG 37KT 4342 7626
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
REYNOLDS876
WWUS51 KBUF 162203
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
603 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
NYC075-162212-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160816T2200Z/
OSWEGO NY-
603 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4331 7635 4351 7641 4353 7627 4360 7621
4366 7598 4333 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 254DEG 37KT 4342 7626
$$
REYNOLDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 33 hr | |
| Aug 16, 10:55 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 15 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.