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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 25, 2022Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2022, 7:50 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 26 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: Apr 25, 2022, 7:50 PM EDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2022, 8:16 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

103 
WUUS51 KBUF 252350
SVRBUF
NYC011-069-117-260045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0007.220425T2350Z-220426T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
750 PM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Wayne County in western New York...   
  Northern Cayuga County in   central New York... 
  Northeastern Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 749 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Ontario to near Bristol, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Geneva, Canandaigua, Fair Haven, Newark, Williamson, Marion, 
  Lyons, Palmyra, Clifton Springs and Clyde.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 43 and 42.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4330 7727 4333 7713 4331 7697 4334 7691
      4335 7681 4339 7673 4344 7667 4345 7662
      4303 7658 4301 7696 4283 7697 4276 7724
      4276 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 249DEG 45KT 4320 7733 4282 7734 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Hitchcock

1 follow-up statement

680 
WWUS51 KBUF 260016
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
816 PM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

NYC011-069-117-260026-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-220426T0045Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Ontario NY-
816 PM EDT Mon Apr 25 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE...CAYUGA AND
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds 
and brief downpours are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4330 7727 4333 7713 4331 7697 4334 7691
      4335 7681 4339 7673 4344 7667 4345 7662
      4303 7658 4301 7696 4283 7697 4276 7724
      4276 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 249DEG 45KT 4332 7692 4294 7693 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	52 min
Apr 25, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	65 min
Apr 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Niagara	45 min
Apr 25, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming	54 min
Apr 25, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more	41 min
Apr 25, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	52 min
Apr 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Apr 25, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		53 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.