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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 3, 2020Monroe County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2020, 7:05 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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 3, 2020, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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 3, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nne Mendon Center, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS MENDON CENTER ROAD NEAR CAROLINA DR.
Aug 3, 7:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCobbs Hill, NYTREE DOWN IN BACKYARD
Aug 3, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGEast Rochester, NYTREE DOWN IN YARD ON SOUTH LINCOLN ROAD
Aug 3, 7:39 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Hannans Corner, NYTREE ON HOUSE ON CHELSEA WAY

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2020-08-03Temperature 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 2020-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

396 
WUUS51 KBUF 032305
SVRBUF
NYC055-069-117-040000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0081.200803T2305Z-200804T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
705 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Wayne County in western New York...
  Southeastern Monroe County in western New York...
  North central Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 800 PM EDT..

* At 704 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Henrietta, or
  near Brighton, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Rochester, Irondequoit, East Rochester, Webster, Fairport,
  Brighton, Ontario, Henrietta, Penfield and Newark.

 This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12.
 Interstate 90 between exits 46 and 45.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4296 7766 4304 7772 4332 7736 4304 7702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 242DEG 24KT 4303 7763 

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

RSH
2 follow-up statements
786 
WWUS51 KBUF 032337
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
737 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

NYC055-069-117-040000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-200804T0000Z/
Wayne NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
737 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL
ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 737 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairport,
moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
East Rochester, Webster, Fairport, Brighton, Ontario, Penfield,
Newark, Marion, Palmyra and Walworth.

 This includes Interstate 90 near exit 45.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4300 7745 4311 7758 4332 7736 4304 7702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 255DEG 18KT 4307 7738 

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

Thomas
523 
WWUS51 KBUF 032358
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
758 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

NYC055-069-117-040007-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-200804T0000Z/
Wayne NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
758 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...EAST
CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800
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.  However heavy rain
is still likely with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4300 7745 4311 7758 4332 7736 4304 7702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 242DEG 24KT 4312 7725 

$$

Thomas

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua35 min
Aug 3, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans32 min
Aug 3, 6:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Aug 3, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF84 min
Aug 3, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF79 min
Aug 3, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne63 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.