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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 16, 2022Cayuga County, Oswego County, New York

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
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

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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

$$

RSH
1 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

$$

EAJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario36 min
May 16, 10:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne50 min
May 16, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
May 16, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne84 min
May 16, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
May 16, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego73 min
May 16, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego47 min
May 16, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego48 min
May 16, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
May 16, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFLewis38 min
May 16, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson27 min
May 16, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
May 16, 3:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF37 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.