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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 26, 2021Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 12:36 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 39 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
May 26, 2021, 12:36 PM EDT (16:36 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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
May 26, 12:53 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGParish, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN IN PARISH.
May 26, 1:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Altmar, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON S. ALBION RD, IN THE TOWN OF ALBION.
May 26, 1:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ene Central Square, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WHIG HILL RD, WEST MONROE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

736 
WUUS51 KBUF 261636
SVRBUF
NYC075-261715-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0006.210526T1636Z-210526T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1236 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Oswego County in central New York...

* Until 115 PM EDT..

* At 1236 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Mexico Point State Park to Lysander, moving east at
  50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Pulaski, Central Square, Redfield, Selkirk Shores State Park, 
  Hastings, Richland, Constantia, West Monroe, Mexico, 
  Oneida lake, and Williamstown.

 This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 36.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

If on or near Oneida Lake, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
      4316 7588 4318 7596 4318 7600 4320 7604
      4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7622 4323 7626
      4321 7627 4356 7624 4368 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 251DEG 45KT 4350 7626 4322 7643 

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

Hitchcock
1 follow-up statement
579 
WWUS51 KBUF 261717
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
117 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

NYC075-261726-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210526T1715Z/
Oswego NY-
117 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Buffalo.

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
      4316 7588 4318 7596 4318 7600 4320 7604
      4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7622 4323 7626
      4321 7627 4356 7624 4368 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 270DEG 45KT 4365 7560 4337 7577 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:19 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF9 hr
May 26, 11:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston28 min
May 26, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne29 min
May 26, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston16 min
May 26, 11:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
May 26, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne61 min
May 26, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany27 min
May 26, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis63 min
May 26, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua33 min
May 26, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua43 min
May 26, 4:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF16 hr

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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.