Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 2, 1998Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 8:14 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 2, 1998, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Cayuga County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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.

055 
WUUS1 KBUF 030015 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC011-NYZ525-030100-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
  IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 812 PM EDT...SPOTTERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  SODUS BAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
  LARGE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CATO AT 840 PM
  FAIR HAVEN AT 845 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.

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

SFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson80 min
Jun 2, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis64 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.