Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 2016, 6:42 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 63 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 17, 2016, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 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
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
168
WUUS51 KBUF 172242
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-172345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0085.161017T2242Z-161017T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
642 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 642 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR POINT STATE PARK...OR 29 MILES WEST OF
WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...FORT DRUM...DEXTER...GLEN PARK...HERRINGS...ADAMS
CENTER...SACKETS HARBOR AND BLACK RIVER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 43 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4405 7563 4381 7575 4396 7642 4396 7634
4402 7636 4403 7637 4405 7642 4410 7643
4414 7635 4419 7632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 285DEG 32KT 4409 7648
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
WOOD2 follow-up statements
916
WWUS51 KBUF 172317
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
717 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
NYC045-049-172345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-161017T2345Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
717 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL LEWIS AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES...
AT 717 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DEXTER...OR 7
MILES WEST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...FORT DRUM...DEXTER...GLEN PARK...HERRINGS...ADAMS
CENTER...SACKETS HARBOR AND BLACK RIVER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 43 AND 48.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4405 7563 4381 7575 4394 7633 4405 7626
4416 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 285DEG 32KT 4401 7606
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WOOD603
WWUS51 KBUF 172340
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
740 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
NYC045-049-172350-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-161017T2345Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
740 PM EDT MON OCT 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LEWIS AND CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 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 4405 7563 4381 7575 4394 7633 4405 7626
4416 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 285DEG 32KT 4391 7583
$$
WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 6:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 40 hr | |
| Oct 17, 1:21 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 17, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Oct 17, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 86 min | |
| Oct 17, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 65 min |
| Oct 17, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 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.