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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 2, 1995Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 5:28 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Cayuga County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBGM 022126 RRA
SVRBGM
NYC011-022230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
528 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...S. CAYUGA COUNTY
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CAYUGA COUNTY NEAR UNION SPRINGS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS THAT HAS DOWNED
POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS. THIS STORM ALSO HAS HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN AUBURN BY 540 PM
THEN INTO MORAVIA BY 600 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSI*DE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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.