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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 17, 2019Livingston County, Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 12:37 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, 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
Aug 17, 2019, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2019-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2019-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WUUS51 KBUF 171637
SVRBUF
NYC051-069-171715-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0089.190817T1637Z-190817T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1237 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Livingston County in western New York...
  Central Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 115 PM EDT..

* At 1237 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Geneseo,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Canandaigua, Geneseo, Mount Morris, Conesus, Bristol, Lima, Clifton
  Springs, Bloomfield, Rushville and Honeoye.

 This includes Interstate 390 between exits 7 and 9.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4267 7787 4286 7790 4297 7715 4276 7710
      4276 7731 4273 7734 4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 261DEG 33KT 4277 7776 

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

Welch
2 follow-up statements
447 
WWUS51 KBUF 171705
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
105 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

NYC051-069-171715-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-190817T1715Z/
Livingston NY-Ontario NY-
105 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON AND CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 105 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bristol, or 8
miles southwest of Canandaigua, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Canandaigua, Bristol, Clifton Springs, Bloomfield, Rushville,
Honeoye, Hemlock, Gorham, East Bloomfield and West Bloomfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4269 7763 4290 7760 4297 7715 4276 7710
      4276 7731 4273 7734 4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 261DEG 33KT 4281 7741 

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

Reynolds
389 
WWUS51 KBUF 171721
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
121 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

NYC051-069-171730-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-190817T1715Z/
Livingston NY-Ontario NY-
121 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON AND
CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4269 7763 4290 7760 4297 7715 4276 7710
      4276 7731 4273 7734 4269 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 261DEG 33KT 4283 7724 

$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Aug 17, 10:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee44 min
Aug 17, 10:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua35 min
Aug 17, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe56 min
Aug 17, 11:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming53 min
Aug 17, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario, Wyoming47 min
Aug 17, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario44 min
Aug 17, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne40 min
Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming57 min
Aug 17, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus56 min
Aug 17, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston27 min
Aug 17, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego38 min
Aug 17, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston42 min
Aug 17, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus47 min
Aug 17, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany33 min
Aug 17, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany54 min
Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF39 min
Aug 17, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara, Orleans41 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.