Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 12:36 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2022, 12:36 PM EDT (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2022, 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
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
557
WUUS51 KBUF 161636
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-161715-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0008.220516T1636Z-220516T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1236 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Cayuga County in central New York...
Southwestern Oswego County in central New York...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1236 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fair Haven Beach State Park to near Cato,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Fulton, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Cato, Nine Mile Point,
Battle Island State Park, Scriba, Volney, Sterling and Phoenix.
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 4356 7633 4323 7630 4323 7648 4315 7647
4314 7649 4311 7647 4310 7669 4336 7672
4356 7634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 239DEG 28KT 4338 7666 4315 7663
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RSH1 follow-up statement
648
WWUS51 KBUF 161659
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1259 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
NYC011-075-161715-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220516T1715Z/
Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
1259 PM EDT Mon May 16 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR CAYUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
At 1258 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Oswego to Lysander, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Fulton, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Cato, Nine Mile Point,
Battle Island State Park, Scriba, Volney, Sterling and Phoenix.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4356 7633 4323 7630 4323 7648 4315 7647
4314 7649 4311 7647 4310 7669 4336 7672
4356 7634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 239DEG 28KT 4345 7650 4322 7647
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
EAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 50 min |
| May 16, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| May 16, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 84 min |
| May 16, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| May 16, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 73 min |
| May 16, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 47 min |
| May 16, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 48 min |
| May 16, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| May 16, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis | 38 min |
| May 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 16, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| May 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.