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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 6, 2018Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2018, 3:17 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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
Aug 6, 2018, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2018, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
Aug 6, 3:19 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Se Fairport, NYTREE FELL ON A VEHICLE ALONG MASON RD.
Aug 6, 3:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Palmyra, NYMULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN IN MACEDON AND PALMYRA.
Aug 6, 3:36 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Macedon, NY

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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2018-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 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 12:00Z on 2018-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

748 
WUUS51 KBUF 061917
SVRBUF
NYC055-117-062015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0042.180806T1917Z-180806T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
317 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Wayne County in western New York...
  East central Monroe County in western New York...

* Until 415 PM EDT..

* At 317 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairport,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Fairport, Newark, Marion, Lyons, Palmyra, Clyde, Sodus and Chimney
  Bluffs State Park.

# 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4304 7744 4308 7748 4331 7694 4304 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 250DEG 24KT 4306 7737 

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

Apffel
3 follow-up statements
299 
WWUS51 KBUF 061933
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
333 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

NYC055-061942-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-180806T2015Z/
Monroe NY-
333 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4304 7734 4312 7735 4331 7694 4304 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 250DEG 24KT 4310 7723 

$$

NYC117-062015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-180806T2015Z/
Wayne NY-
333 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

At 332 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Palmyra, or 10
miles east of Fairport, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Newark, Marion, Lyons, Palmyra, Clyde, Sodus, Chimney Bluffs State
Park and Walworth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4304 7734 4312 7735 4331 7694 4304 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 250DEG 24KT 4310 7723 

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

Apffel
922 
WWUS51 KBUF 061945
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
345 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

NYC117-062015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-180806T2015Z/
Wayne NY-
345 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

At 344 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marion, or 15
miles east of Fairport, moving east at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Newark, Marion, Lyons, Palmyra, Clyde, Rose, Fairville and North
Rose.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4304 7724 4314 7726 4326 7692 4304 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 254DEG 21KT 4310 7714 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Apffel
560 
WWUS51 KBUF 062006
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
406 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

NYC117-062015-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-180806T2015Z/
Wayne NY-
406 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4304 7724 4314 7726 4326 7692 4304 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 250DEG 24KT 4315 7697 

$$

Apffel

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Wyoming44 min
Aug 6, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Aug 6, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming44 min
Aug 6, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario24 min
Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Aug 6, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara54 min
Aug 6, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Aug 6, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Aug 6, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego56 min
Aug 6, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego41 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.