Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 813

September 6, 199823 counties in New York; Warren County, Pennsylvania

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 6, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT for 23 counties in New York; Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1998, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Seneca County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Warren County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans49 min
Sep 6, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee63 min
Sep 6, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie32 min
Sep 7, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe63 min
Sep 7, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne63 min
Sep 7, 12:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer92 min
Sep 7, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Wyoming66 min
Sep 7, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston64 min
Sep 7, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga64 min
Sep 7, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca, Yates58 min
Sep 7, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMOnondaga58 min
Sep 7, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego64 min
Sep 7, 1:05 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga60 min
Sep 7, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario67 min
Sep 7, 1:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany34 min
Sep 7, 1:34 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMMadison, Onondaga56 min
Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery2 hr
Sep 7, 1:48 AM EDTTornado WarningBGMOneida47 min
Sep 7, 1:59 AM EDTTornado WarningALYHerkimer61 min
Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany65 min

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1998-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1469 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 1998-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 16 more5 hr
Sep 7, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Rensselaer5 hr
Sep 7, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more4 hr
Sep 7, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCSullivan5 hr
Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more6 hr
Sep 7, 8:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler and 29 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.