Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2025, 4:24 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 min. 4 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
- Mar 16, 2025, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2025, 5:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Central Square, NY | Trees and wires downed in the Town of Central Square. |
| Mar 16, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hastings, NY | Trees and wires downed in the Town of Hastings. |
| Mar 16, 5:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Monroe, NY | Trees and wires downed in the Town of West Monroe. |
| Mar 16, 5:03 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mexico, NY | Trees and wires downed in the Town of Mexico. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 627 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
135
WUUS51 KBUF 162024
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-162130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0007.250316T2024Z-250316T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
424 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Wayne County in western New York...
Cayuga County in central New York...
Southwestern Oswego County in central New York...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 424 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chimney
Bluffs State Park, or 16 miles southwest of Fair Haven Beach State
Park, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Volney, Fulton, Sterling, South Hannibal, Pennellville, Central
Square, Rose, Fruit Valley, Fair Haven Beach State Park, and North
Rose.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 near exit 40.
Interstate 81 near exit 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 7608 4327 7620 4322 7619 4320 7621
4324 7627 4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631
4323 7648 4303 7650 4301 7693 4302 7693
4332 7695 4339 7673 4345 7665 4356 7645
4356 7628 4362 7626 4318 7600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 256DEG 38KT 4324 7698
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Reynolds2 follow-up statements
332
WWUS51 KBUF 162047
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
447 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
NYC011-075-117-162130-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250316T2130Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
447 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
At 446 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fair Haven
Beach State Park, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Volney, Fulton, Sterling, South Hannibal, Pennellville, Central
Square, Fruit Valley, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Granby Center, and
Palermo.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 near exit 40.
Interstate 81 near exit 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608 4323 7610
4327 7620 4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7622
4324 7627 4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631
4323 7648 4303 7650 4303 7669 4338 7675
4356 7645 4356 7628 4362 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 256DEG 38KT 4330 7666
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Reynolds508
WWUS51 KBUF 162118
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
518 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
NYC011-075-117-162127-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250316T2130Z/
Wayne NY-Cayuga NY-Oswego NY-
518 PM EDT Sun Mar 16 2025
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA
AND SOUTHWESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM EDT for
central and western New York.
&&
LAT...LON 4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608 4323 7610
4327 7620 4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7622
4324 7627 4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631
4323 7648 4303 7650 4303 7669 4338 7675
4356 7645 4356 7628 4362 7626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 256DEG 38KT 4338 7621
$$
ReynoldsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:06 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 11 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Mar 16, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Mar 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 29 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 56 min |
| Mar 16, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Mar 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Mar 16, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 35 min | |
| Mar 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 81 min |
| Mar 16, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.