Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 18, 1996Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 7:27 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1996, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Oswego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 1996-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1996-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 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
1309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 182329
SVRBUF
NYC075-190000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
727 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

   ...OSWEGO COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 725 PM SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER OSWEGO COUNTY...EXTENDING NORTH/SOUTH ALONG
INTERSTATE 81.

MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE PARISH...REDFIELD... AND CENTRAL
SQUARE.
 
MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FULTON AND PALERMO IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THESE STORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH
AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION FROM
POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE RAPID
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DON'T ATTEMPT TO
CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAMBERT

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne62 min
May 18, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga62 min
May 18, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario56 min

Nearby

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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.