Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 30, 20174 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2017, 7:37 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 30, 2017, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2017, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2017-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 464 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
647 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

615 
WUUS51 KBUF 302337
SVRBUF
NYC037-051-055-121-010015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0002.170430T2337Z-170501T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
737 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Wyoming County in western New York...
  Northwestern Livingston County in western New York...
  South central Monroe County in western New York...
  Southeastern Genesee County in western New York...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 737 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warsaw, or 12
  miles northwest of Letchworth State Park, moving northeast at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Geneseo, Letchworth State Park, Perry, Warsaw, Mount Morris,
  Pavilion, Caledonia and York.

This includes Interstate 390 near exit 7.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4271 7811 4280 7816 4305 7778 4274 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 243DEG 40KT 4280 7810 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
038 
WWUS51 KBUF 302358
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
758 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

NYC037-055-121-010008-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170501T0015Z/
Wyoming NY-Monroe NY-Genesee NY-
758 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...SOUTH
CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4277 7794 4285 7794 4291 7777 4275 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 250DEG 39KT 4285 7779 

$$

NYC051-010015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170501T0015Z/
Livingston NY-
758 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

At 758 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneseo, moving
east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Geneseo and Leicester. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4277 7794 4285 7794 4291 7777 4275 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 250DEG 39KT 4285 7779 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
697 
WWUS51 KBUF 010012
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
812 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

NYC051-010022-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170501T0015Z/
Livingston NY-
812 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4277 7794 4285 7794 4291 7777 4275 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 243DEG 40KT 4289 7768 

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 2:55 PM EDTLakeshore Flood WatchBUFJefferson, Oswego13 hr
Apr 30, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany26 min
Apr 30, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua36 min
Apr 30, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua30 min
Apr 30, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Apr 30, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus36 min
Apr 30, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie45 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.