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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 2017Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2017, 12:35 AM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario 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
Jul 13, 2017, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2017, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2017-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 589 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 2017-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
589 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

832 
WUUS51 KBUF 130435
SVRBUF
NYC051-055-069-130530-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0072.170713T0435Z-170713T0530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1235 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Livingston County in western New York...
  Southeastern Monroe County in western New York...
  Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 130 AM EDT.

* At 1234 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Avon, or 9
  miles north of Geneseo, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Geneva, Canandaigua, Avon, Victor, Honeoye Falls, Bristol, Lima and
  Clifton Springs.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 8 and 11.
 Interstate 90 between exits 45 and 42.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4288 7794 4302 7774 4305 7755 4297 7696
      4287 7696 4287 7698 4276 7698 4276 7731
      4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 284DEG 35KT 4293 7776 

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

Apffel
2 follow-up statements
299 
WWUS51 KBUF 130503
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
103 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

NYC051-055-130512-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170713T0530Z/
Livingston NY-Monroe NY-
103 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE 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 4282 7757 4294 7748 4303 7739 4297 7696
      4287 7696 4287 7698 4276 7698 4276 7731
      4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 291DEG 39KT 4287 7743 

$$

NYC069-130530-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170713T0530Z/
Ontario NY-
103 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR ONTARIO COUNTY...

At 102 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bloomfield, or
7 miles west of Canandaigua, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Geneva, Canandaigua, Victor, Bristol, Clifton Springs, Phelps,
Bloomfield and Rushville.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 44 and 42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4282 7757 4294 7748 4303 7739 4297 7696
      4287 7696 4287 7698 4276 7698 4276 7731
      4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 291DEG 39KT 4287 7743 

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

Apffel
052 
WWUS51 KBUF 130527
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
127 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

NYC069-130535-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-170713T0530Z/
Ontario NY-
127 AM EDT THU JUL 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ONTARIO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
130 AM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4282 7757 4294 7748 4303 7739 4297 7696
      4287 7696 4287 7698 4276 7698 4276 7731
      4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 284DEG 35KT 4273 7669 

$$

Apffel

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans36 min
Jul 13, 3:58 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF10 hr
Jul 13, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee31 min
Jul 13, 9:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 2 more4 hr
Jul 13, 10:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Livingston, Wyoming4 hr
Jul 13, 10:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne4 hr
Jul 13, 1:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 2 more6 hr
Jul 13, 1:43 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBUFErie, Wyoming9 hr
Jul 13, 2:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFErie, Livingston, Wyoming6 hr
Jul 13, 2:41 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne3 hr
Jul 13, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus65 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.