Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 277
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2016, 8:06 PM EDT for 28 counties in New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 28 counties
Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
27 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 10:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 11:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Steuben, Yates | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 32 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 11:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer and 12 more | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.