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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 29, 2020Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2020, 12:55 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 21 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
May 29, 2020, 12:55 PM EDT (16:55 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2020, 1:16 PM EDT
In force
21 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:56 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2020-05-29Temperature 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 2020-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WUUS51 KBUF 291655
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-291800-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0013.200529T1655Z-200529T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1255 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 200 PM EDT..

* At 1255 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clyde, or 14
  miles southwest of Fair Haven Beach State Park, moving northeast at
  35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Oswego, Fulton, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Clyde, Battle Island
  State Park, Volney, Sterling, Rose, Ira and Wolcott.

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 4330 7626 4309 7686 4318 7695 4350 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 234DEG 28KT 4316 7683 

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

JLA
1 follow-up statement
692 
WWUS51 KBUF 291716
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
116 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

NYC011-075-117-291725-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200529T1800Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
116 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA
AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled. An additional stronger 
storm was located near Oswego along the Lake Ontario shoreline. 

LAT...LON 4330 7626 4309 7686 4318 7695 4350 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 234DEG 28KT 4325 7666 

$$

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 11:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis27 min
May 29, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
May 29, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF27 min
May 29, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie43 min
May 29, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming46 min
May 29, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee33 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF24 min
May 29, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego34 min
May 29, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne47 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Oswego14 hr
May 29, 1:57 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF14 hr
May 29, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus32 min
May 29, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
May 29, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis32 min
May 29, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Wyoming61 min
May 29, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming53 min
May 29, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne42 min
May 29, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
May 29, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego42 min
May 29, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne26 min
May 29, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego47 min
May 29, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 29, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua45 min
May 29, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis25 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie40 min
May 29, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis50 min
May 29, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF24 min
May 29, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara40 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.