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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 4, 2017Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2017, 11:57 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 63 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 4, 2017, 11:57 PM EDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2017, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 11:58 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNewark, NYWIRES DOWN
Sep 5, 12:22 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGSouth Hannibal, NYTREES/WIRES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

701 
WUUS51 KBUF 050357
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-050500-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0128.170905T0357Z-170905T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1157 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Wayne County in western New York...
  Cayuga County in central New York...
  Southwestern Oswego County in central New York...

* Until 100 AM EDT.

* At 1157 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newark, or
  14 miles north of Geneva, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Fulton, Newark, Lyons, Clyde, Central Square, Weedsport, Cato and
  Hastings.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 near exit 40.
 Interstate 81 near exit 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627
      4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631 4323 7648
      4311 7647 4310 7650 4304 7650 4302 7712
      4313 7716 4341 7606 4319 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 254DEG 48KT 4306 7705 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
967 
WWUS51 KBUF 050430
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1230 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017

NYC011-075-117-050500-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-170905T0500Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
1230 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 1230 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clyde, or 11
miles north of Seneca Falls, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
Fulton, Clyde, Central Square, Weedsport, Cato, Hastings, Constantia
and West Monroe.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 near exit 40.
 Interstate 81 near exit 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627
      4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631 4323 7648
      4311 7647 4310 7650 4304 7650 4303 7694
      4321 7682 4341 7606 4319 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 242DEG 54KT 4308 7680 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
727 
WWUS51 KBUF 050500
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
100 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017

NYC011-075-117-050509-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-170905T0500Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
100 AM EDT TUE SEP 5 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA
AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627
      4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631 4323 7648
      4311 7647 4310 7650 4304 7650 4303 7694
      4321 7682 4341 7606 4319 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 254DEG 48KT 4318 7631 

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Sep 4, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie63 min
Sep 4, 10:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming40 min
Sep 4, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming32 min
Sep 4, 10:55 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Oswego12 hr
Sep 4, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua61 min
Sep 4, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne39 min
Sep 4, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Sep 4, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Sep 4, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus57 min
Sep 4, 11:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF39 min
Sep 5, 12:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua3 hr
Sep 5, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston30 min
Sep 5, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne21 min
Sep 5, 10:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Sep 5, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany37 min
Sep 5, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany37 min
Sep 5, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 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.