A line of showers and thunderstorms developed as an upper shortwave trough crossed the region. Across parts of the southern tier and Finger Lakes regions, the thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
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A line of showers and thunderstorms developed as an upper shortwave trough crossed the region. Across parts of the southern tier and Finger Lakes regions, the thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines. Damage was reported in Nunda, Belmont, and on Miller Valley Road in Poland.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 7, 2:59 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
359 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES REGION...RESULTING IN WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS
WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AT 18Z...TODAY'S SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO FIRE
AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. SPC
CONTINUES TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CWA IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
THOUGH THE BEST MOST FAVORABLE AREA APPEARS TO BE JUST SOUTH AND
EAST IN VCNTY OF THE THETA-E RIDGE. IN ADDITION, ANY TSTMS THAT DO
DEVELOP IN THE 1.5-2.0 INCH PWAT ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SOME PRETTY HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINS. WITH THE SETTING
SUN...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED AND
END WITH A WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT IN STORE FOR THE REGION.
TUESDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE WHAT COULD BE AN INTERESTING DAY FOR
MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. SPC INCLUDES THE BULK
OF WESTERN AND NORTH-CENTRAL NEW YORK IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
STORMS ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. ANOTHER FRONT IS DEVELOP
EARLY TUESDAY ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN AND TRACK EAST REACHING WRN
NEW YORK LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WITH MLCAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG REACHING WRN
NY BY THE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT ONLY
HEAVY RAINS BUT GUSTY WINDS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING TIME FRAME.
TEMPERATURE-WISE...EXPECT A WARM ALBEIT MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT WITH
TEMPS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S ACROSS THE SOUTHERNT TIER AND NORTH
COUNTRY TO THE UPPER 70S NIAGARA FRONTIER AND FINGER LAKES REGION.
ON TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
TUESDAY EVENING AN AMPLIFYING MID LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES WILL ACCELERATE A STRENGTHENING COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS THE
AREA. BY EARLY EVENING THE COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE
FINGER LAKES AND CENTRAL NY...TAKING THE GREATEST RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WITH IT. THERE WILL STILL BE A SEVERE RISK INTO
THE EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE REGION. THE QUALITY OF DYNAMICS AND SHEAR SUGGEST AN
ORGANIZED RISK OF SEVERE IF ENOUGH PRE-FRONTAL INSTABILITY IS
REALIZED. THE PRIMARY RISK WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS AND ANY BOWING SEGMENTS WHICH DEVELOP. IF A
FRONTAL WAVE MATERIALIZES AS SHOWN IN SOME MESOSCALE MODEL
GUIDANCE...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR TO
SUPPORT A FEW SUPERCELLS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO...AS
SUGGESTED IN THE DAY 2 OUTLOOK DISCUSSION FROM SPC.
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO
EAST...FIRST BY EARLY TO MID EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NY AND BY LATE
EVENING FARTHER EAST. THIS SHOULD LEAVE A DRY PERIOD OVERNIGHT AS
DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE FRONT BUILD INTO THE LOWER LAKES.
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE MAIN MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE
SLOWLY FROM THE UPPER LAKES EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
QUEBEC...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACROSS OUR
REGION. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED ALONG AN ASSOCIATED WEAK SECONDARY
COLD FRONT...BUT THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND MODEST
INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE MAY ALLOW A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
STORMS TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE SHOULD
REMAIN WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE WITH THE BULK OF THE DAY RAIN FREE
IN MOST LOCATIONS. ANY SHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER
WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER AS TEMPS ALOFT CONTINUE TO COOL BEHIND
THE FIRST FRONT. EXPECT HIGHS TO REACH THE UPPER 70S AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS AND LOW TO MID 70S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
THURSDAY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE CENTRAL LAKES.
THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER AND A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE.
850MB TEMPS ARE ONLY AROUND +10C...SUPPORTING HIGHS IN THE MID 70S
AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND AROUND 70 ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE LOWER LAKES FRIDAY WITH
MORE SUNSHINE AND DRY WEATHER. THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE
WITH HIGHS VERY CLOSE TO AVERAGE FOR MID SUMMER. ON SATURDAY BOTH
THE ECMWF AND GFS SUGGEST A WEAK PLUME OF MOISTURE HEADING NORTH OUT
OF THE OHIO VALLEY OR MID ATLANTIC. THIS MAY ALLOW A FEW WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS TO DEVELOP MAINLY INLAND FROM THE LAKES IF IT WERE
TO MATERIALIZE...BUT GIVEN THE WEAKNESS OF THE FEATURE FOR NOW HAVE
LEFT THE FORECAST DRY.
MODEL GUIDANCE BEGINS TO DIVERGE BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK
WITH A VARIETY OF TIMING AND TRACK DIFFERENCES REGARDING A
SEASONABLY STRONG CUTOFF LOW OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES IN ADDITION
TO MORE SUBTLE CONVECTIVE FEATURES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. GIVEN THE
MODEL UNCERTAINTY...FOR NOW HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS FOR BOTH
SUNDAY AND MONDAY GIVEN THE MODEL SPREAD. IT WILL BECOME WARM AND
MUGGY AGAIN AT LEAST FOR A FEW DAYS AS DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS
AHEAD OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA CUTOFF LOW. ONCE THAT CUTOFF MOVES
CLOSER...IT APPEARS WE WILL SEE ANOTHER TREND TOWARDS COOLER
TEMPERATURES BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AFTERNOON/EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS MAINLY MVFR CIGS PREVAIL ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN
MVFR/IFR CIGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER TONIGHT WHILE
ELSEWHERE CONDS BECOME VFR. ON TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD
FRONT AFTN CU WILL RESULT IN MAINLY MVFR CONDS.
BOTH THIS AFTN/EVENING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THE AREA REMAINS IN SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
OUTLOOK...
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW SCA LEVELS TONIGHT HOWEVER ANOTHER
ROUND OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ON LAKE
ERIE FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER LOW
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...SHARPENING THAT
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT AGAIN. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME APPROACHING SEVERE LEVELS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS WELL. LOOK FOR A
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY EVENING FOLLOWED BY A
PERIOD OF MORE PLACID CONDITIONS ON THE LAKE FOR THE LATTER
PORTION OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LEZ020.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
LEZ040-041.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
LOZ030-042-043.
&&
SYNOPSIS...LEVAN
NEAR TERM...LEVAN
SHORT TERM...HITCHCOCK
LONG TERM...HITCHCOCK
AVIATION...LEVAN
MARINE...LEVANHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 327 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 NYZ001>006-008-010>014-019>021-085-081930- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 327 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 397 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. .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-LOZ030-045-062>065-SLZ022-024-081930- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR-LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- 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- 327 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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-LOZ042>044-081930- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- 327 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 397 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .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 NYZ007-081930- JEFFERSON- 327 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORM CELLS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. .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 Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:19 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
Television reports showed numerous large tree limbs down.
Numerous trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 537987, 537989, 537990.