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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2026, 7:52 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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 9, 2026, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Honeoye Falls, NY | Tree downed. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 9, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
050
WUUS51 KBUF 092352
SVRBUF
NYC037-051-055-069-117-121-100045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.260509T2352Z-260510T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
752 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Wayne County in western New York...
Eastern Wyoming County in western New York...
Livingston County in western New York...
Eastern Genesee County in western New York...
Monroe County in western New York...
Ontario County in western New York...
* Until 845 PM EDT.
* At 752 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Hilton to near Caledonia to near Warsaw, moving east
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Canandaigua, Brockport,
Geneseo, East Rochester, Hilton, and Webster.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 12.
Interstate 90 between exits 42 and 47.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4260 7826 4337 7785 4337 7772 4328 7754
4332 7738 4333 7717 4331 7697 4338 7673
4301 7694 4301 7696 4296 7696 4276 7707
4276 7731 4267 7737 4258 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 276DEG 37KT 4330 7780 4302 7789 4268 7816
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JJR2 follow-up statements
652
WWUS51 KBUF 100027
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
827 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
NYC037-121-100036-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260510T0045Z/
Wyoming NY-Genesee NY-
827 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WYOMING AND EASTERN
GENESEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
western New York.
&&
LAT...LON 4259 7794 4328 7754 4332 7738 4333 7717
4331 7697 4338 7673 4301 7694 4301 7696
4295 7696 4276 7707 4276 7731 4267 7737
4258 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 275DEG 36KT 4327 7739 4298 7748 4264 7774
$$
NYC051-055-069-117-100045-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260510T0045Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
827 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE...CENTRAL LIVINGSTON...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND ONTARIO
COUNTIES...
At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Webster to near Victor to near Dansville, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Irondequoit, Canandaigua, Geneseo, East Rochester,
Webster, Fairport, Brighton, Ontario, and Henrietta.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 12.
Interstate 90 between exits 42 and 46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4259 7794 4328 7754 4332 7738 4333 7717
4331 7697 4338 7673 4301 7694 4301 7696
4295 7696 4276 7707 4276 7731 4267 7737
4258 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 275DEG 36KT 4327 7739 4298 7748 4264 7774
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
JJR585
WWUS51 KBUF 100039
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
839 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
NYC051-055-069-117-100049-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-260510T0045Z/
Wayne NY-Livingston NY-Monroe NY-Ontario NY-
839 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE...CENTRAL LIVINGSTON...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
western New York.
&&
LAT...LON 4259 7794 4328 7754 4332 7738 4333 7717
4331 7697 4338 7673 4301 7694 4301 7696
4295 7696 4276 7707 4276 7731 4267 7737
4258 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 276DEG 37KT 4327 7739 4298 7748 4264 7774
$$
JJRWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- 1) Showers return this afternoon and evening with a few storms that may be capable of producing gusty winds and hail. 2) Cool but relatively dry weather Sunday through Tuesday with frost potential Sunday and Monday night. 3) Unsettled weather returns by the middle of next week with periods of rain Wednesday through Thursday.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Buffalo NY 156 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... Marginal Risk for Severe Weather expanded eastward into the Finger Lakes. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) Showers return this afternoon and evening with a few storms that may be capable of producing gusty winds and hail. 2) Cool but relatively dry weather Sunday through Tuesday with frost potential Sunday and Monday night. 3) Unsettled weather returns by the middle of next week with periods of rain Wednesday through Thursday. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1...Showers return this afternoon and evening with a few storms that may be capable of producing gusty winds and hail. A surface low centered over the UP, will continue to progress northeast into Ontario this afternoon, dragging its attendant cold front across Michigan and eventually into New York State tonight. Ahead of the cold front, there is a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms currently crossing Michigan State, where this line of activity will spread across New York State this afternoon. While it has taken most of the morning to begin to clear out across western New York, from the initial passing shortwave trough and low clouds cover, the few hours of clear skies during peak diurnal heating will allow for mid-level lapse rates to steepen enough to support a fair amount of instability (SBCAPE values of around 500 J/kg). This combined with around 30 knots of bulk shear should support any strong storms to become severe, and produce gusty winds and some hail. As this line of storms enters the Finger Lakes region and encounters a less favorable environment, due to the limited time of sunshine today from the abundance of cloud cover the line of storms will quickly weaken. This all being said, SPC has expanded the Marginal Risk for Severe Weather eastward into the Finger Lakes. KEY MESSAGE 2...Cool but relatively dry weather Sunday through Tuesday with frost potential Monday night. A longwave troughing pattern will remain overhead across the Great Lakes and into New England Sunday through Tuesday supporting a cool airmass to linger across the region, resulting in daily high temperatures to average around 10 degrees below average through the start of the week. Clear skies and light winds each night (Sunday and Monday) will support radiational cooling and result in temperatures to plummet into the 30s supporting the threat for frost and freeze conditions. Frost will likely form away from the lakeshores, with freeze conditions possible in the colder Southern Tier valleys and across Lewis County. Please note the remainder of the forecast area enters their growing seasons on May 11th. KEY MESSAGE 3...Unsettled weather returns by the middle of next week with periods of rain Wednesday through Thursday. A potent shortwave trough will dive and rotate through the longwave trough by Wednesday, likely evolving into a mid-level closed low settling in across the Great Lakes by the middle of the week. This being said, chances for rain will increase from west to east late Tuesday night through Wednesday as this system nears. Chances for precipitation will continue into the end of the week as the trough and closed low slowly departs east. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Quiet conditions begin the 18Z TAF period, but a cold front with storms upon it will be bearing down on our region. Instability is marginal, though will include thunder within a PROB30 for a 3 to 4 hour period for the western 4 TAF sites as several broken line segments of convection are expected to reach far WNY around 23Z, and propagate eastward. Flight conditions are expected to lower to IFR/MVFR in heavier convection. A later arrival and limited instability, will likely taper off any thunder by time the line of convection reaches KART. Any thunderstorm may bring locally higher wind gusts to the airfields this evening. Behind the line of storms, and with a shortwave passage, light showers, generally with VFR visibilities, but MVFR ceiling heights will pass across our region through the mid-overnight hours. All together these showers will exit east of KART by 12Z. Behind the cold front winds will veer to west to northwest late tonight...though within a light surface pressure gradient field lake breeze circulations will develop late in the period with SW winds northeast of the Lakes. By the final hours of the TAF cycle a fairly substantial amount of cumulus clouds are expected to be bubbling up...with skies SCT - BKN...but VFR. Outlook... Sunday afternoon through Tuesday...Mainly VFR. Wednesday...MVFR/IFR with showers and a few thunderstorms. Thursday...IFR/MVFR improving to MVFR/VFR with showers ending through the day. && .MARINE... South to southwest flow will continue to strengthen this afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front, resulting in choppy conditions on the lakes this evening. Additionally, with the passing of the cold front, expect a line of showers with embedded thunderstorms to start to cross the lakes at 21Z into the evening hours. The cold front will work from west to east tonight supporting continued choppy conditions through Sunday, with potential for low end small craft advisory levels on the east end of Lake Ontario Sunday afternoon. && .BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...None. MARINE...None. && DISCUSSION...EAJ AVIATION...Thomas MARINE...EAJ
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 5:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 NYZ005>008-102145- Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central New York. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ040-041-102145- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 195 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LOZ030-043>045-063>065-SLZ022-024-102145- Lower Niagara River- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River-Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ020-LOZ042-062-102145- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 195 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ004-014-021-102145- Wayne-Ontario-Allegany- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf NYZ001>003-010>013-019-020-085-102145- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston- Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 544 PM EDT Sat May 9 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 195 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Severe Thunderstorm Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| May 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 68 min | |
| May 9, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 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.