Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2016, 2:44 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Sep 8, 2016, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 3:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Port Leyden, NY | GARAGE DOWN... MCDONALD RD. |
| Sep 8, 3:09 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Port Leyden, NY | MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN MCDONALD RD. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
060
WUUS51 KBUF 081844
SVRBUF
NYC049-081945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0061.160908T1844Z-160908T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
244 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 243 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF REDFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOWVILLE...HIGHMARKET...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...NEW BREMEN...
WATSON...MARTINSBURG...LYONSDALE AND GREIG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4347 7574 4347 7575 4382 7573
4391 7515 4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 260DEG 33KT 4374 7561 4348 7567
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
THOMAS2 follow-up statements
435
WWUS51 KBUF 081915
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
315 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
NYC049-081945-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160908T1945Z/
LEWIS NY-
315 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 314 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LOWVILLE TO NEAR BOONVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...WATSON...MARTINSBURG...LYONSDALE...
GREIG...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS AND CONSTABLEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4343 7552 4364 7551 4379 7546 4391 7515
4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 259DEG 32KT 4377 7528 4351 7534
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
THOMAS243
WWUS51 KBUF 081945
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
345 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
NYC049-081954-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160908T1945Z/
LEWIS NY-
345 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4343 7552 4364 7551 4379 7546 4391 7515
4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 260DEG 33KT 4377 7528 4351 7534
$$
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:34 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 21 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 64 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.