Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 22, 1998Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1998, 1:19 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 22, 1998, 1:19 AM EDT (05:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1998, 2:20 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 220519 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC045-NYC075-NYZ526-527-220620-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
119 AM EDT WED JUL 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN CENTRAL NEW
  YORK
  OSWEGO COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN CENTRAL NEW
  YORK

* UNTIL 220 AM EDT

* AT 110 AM EDT ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ADAMS AND THE REST OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 200 AM EDT
  PULASKI IN OSWEGO COUNTY BETWEEN 130 AND 145 AM EDT

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING
WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY ALSO PRODUCE DRAINAGE FLOODING.

TAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.