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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 26, 1998Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 65 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 26, 1998, 2:00 AM EDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 1998, 3:05 AM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 2:15 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Sodus, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 260600 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC055-117-NYZ523-524-260705-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
200 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  WAYNE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 305 AM EDT

* AT 155AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE BETWEEN
  BRADDOCKS BAY AND SODUS BAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCHESTER AT 215 AM

THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED A GUST FRONT THAT WILL RACE AHEAD OF THE
ACTIVITY AND CAUSE WINDS TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AS IT CROSSES
THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FpROM 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	65 min
Jun 26, 2:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	61 min
Jun 26, 2:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	66 min
Jun 26, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	61 min
Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	61 min
Jun 26, 3:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	59 min
Jun 26, 3:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	63 min
Jun 26, 3:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	65 min
Jun 26, 4:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee	2 hr
Jun 26, 4:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	62 min
Jun 26, 5:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	61 min
Jun 26, 6:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	87 min
Jun 26, 7:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Wyoming	92 min
Jun 26, 8:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Genesee	94 min
Jun 26, 8:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998 Every 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.