Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
869 WUUS51 KBUF 172330 SVRBUF NYC051-055-069-117-180030- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0082.160917T2330Z-160918T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 730 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT. * AT 729 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENESEO... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CANANDAIGUA...GENESEO...EAST ROCHESTER...FAIRPORT...HENRIETTA...PALMYRA... AVON AND VICTOR. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 390 BETWEEN EXITS 8 AND 12. INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 46 AND 44. 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 4280 7793 4303 7790 4314 7724 4284 7725 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 254DEG 38KT 4287 7788 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
714
WWUS51 KBUF 180000
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
800 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NYC051-180009-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160918T0030Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
800 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4284 7752 4309 7753 4314 7724 4284 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 255DEG 45KT 4300 7739
$$
NYC055-069-117-180030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160918T0030Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
800 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE
COUNTIES...
AT 759 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VICTOR...OR 7
MILES SOUTH OF FAIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANANDAIGUA...FAIRPORT...PALMYRA...VICTOR...BRISTOL...BLOOMFIELD...
FARMINGTON AND MENDON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 45 AND 44.
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 4284 7752 4309 7753 4314 7724 4284 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 255DEG 45KT 4300 7739
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RSH806
WWUS51 KBUF 180022
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
822 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NYC055-069-117-180032-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160918T0030Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
822 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4284 7752 4309 7753 4314 7724 4284 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 254DEG 38KT 4300 7739
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 10:21 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 25 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 26 hr | |
| Sep 17, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Sep 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Sep 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.