Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Parish, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN PARISH. |
| May 26, 1:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Altmar, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON S. ALBION RD, IN THE TOWN OF ALBION. |
| May 26, 1:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Central Square, NY | TREES 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.
- 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
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
$$
Hitchcock1 follow-up statement
579
WWUS51 KBUF 261717
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
117 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
NYC075-261726-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210526T1715Z/
Oswego NY-
117 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Buffalo.
LAT...LON 4347 7577 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
4316 7588 4318 7596 4318 7600 4320 7604
4320 7608 4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620
4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7622 4323 7626
4321 7627 4356 7624 4368 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 270DEG 45KT 4365 7560 4337 7577
$$
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 hr | |
| May 26, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 28 min |
| May 26, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 16 min |
| May 26, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| May 26, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 61 min |
| May 26, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 27 min |
| May 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 63 min |
| May 26, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 33 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 16 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.