Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 7, 1997Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1997, 5:04 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1997, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1997, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 5:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Bonaparte, NY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 KBUF 072105 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC049-072205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
504 PM EDT SAT JUN 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 605 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH NEW YORK

   ...NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LEWIS
COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF HARRISVILLE. THE STORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL LARGER
THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THE STORM IS ALSO LIKELY TO PRODUCE
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IT WAS MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

SAGE

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.