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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 2, 2016Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2016, 4:20 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 55 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
Oct 2, 2016, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2016-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2016-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

157 
WUUS51 KBUF 022020
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-022115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0083.161002T2020Z-161002T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
420 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 419 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MONTEZUMA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SENECA FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLYDE...WEEDSPORT...CATO...IRA...CONQUEST...SAVANNAH...
  PORT BYRON AND MERIDIAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 NEAR EXIT 40.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES.
MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...A
BATHROOM...CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4302 7661 4302 7691 4326 7669 4322 7648
      4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 228DEG 21KT 4306 7676 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
347 
WWUS51 KBUF 022056
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
456 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

NYC117-022106-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-161002T2115Z/
WAYNE NY-
456 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4302 7661 4302 7669 4324 7668 4322 7648
      4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 230DEG 18KT 4317 7657 

$$

NYC011-022115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-161002T2115Z/
CAYUGA NY-
456 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR CAYUGA COUNTY...

AT 456 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CATO...OR 11
MILES WEST OF BALDWINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEEDSPORT...CATO...IRA...CONQUEST...PORT BYRON AND MERIDIAN. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 NEAR EXIT 40.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN
INTERIOR ROOM... A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4302 7661 4302 7669 4324 7668 4322 7648
      4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 230DEG 18KT 4317 7657 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
990 
WWUS51 KBUF 022117
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
517 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

NYC011-022127-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-161002T2115Z/
CAYUGA NY-
517 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4302 7661 4302 7669 4324 7668 4322 7648
      4315 7647 4314 7649 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 228DEG 21KT 4317 7657 

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Oct 2, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Oct 2, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Oct 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Oct 2, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Oct 2, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Oct 2, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Oct 2, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego63 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.