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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 2, 1998Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 5:07 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 63 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 2, 1998, 5:07 PM EDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 5:20 PM EDTHail 0.75Kiantone, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1998-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1998-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 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.

809 
WUUS1 KBUF 022108 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC013-022210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
507 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

* AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FREWSBURG AT 530 PM

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.


SFM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-021600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
   NEW YORK LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOUND OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AT MIDDAY WILL
RAPIDLY TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLING ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK IN THE PROCESS...AND THIS WILL AID IN GENERATING
ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME BETWEEN 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON AND 9 PM THIS EVENING...AS THE COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH
THE REGION. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE HIGHEST RISK WILL BE FOUND OVER THE
SOUTHERN TIER AND FOR SITES EAST OF SYRACUSE.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND LARGE HAIL...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS...INCLUDING
POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED OFF
OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WBUF.NOAA.GOV.

SKYWARN MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RSH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-021600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1130 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998

...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
   NEW YORK LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FOUND OVER LAKE MICHIGAN AT MIDDAY WILL
RAPIDLY TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL SLING ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK IN THE PROCESS...AND THIS WILL AID IN GENERATING
ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK.

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME BETWEEN 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON AND 9 PM THIS EVENING...AS THE COLD FRONT PLOWS THROUGH
THE REGION. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY FOR ALL OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE HIGHEST RISK WILL BE FOUND OVER THE
SOUTHERN TIER AND FOR SITES EAST OF SYRACUSE.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND LARGE HAIL...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS...INCLUDING
POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED OFF
OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WBUF.NOAA.GOV.

SKYWARN MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 min
Jun 2, 5:18 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFErie77 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus64 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara65 min
Jun 2, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming63 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus65 min
Jun 2, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston62 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFWyoming62 min
Jun 2, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFLivingston62 min
Jun 2, 6:54 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFCattaraugus66 min
Jun 2, 7:02 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFAllegany63 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario65 min
Jun 2, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.