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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 9, 2000Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2000, 12:59 PM EST for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2000, 12:59 PM EST (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2000, 1:30 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Oswego County, NY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 091800
SVRBUF
NYC075-091830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1259 PM EST THU MAR 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 130 PM EST

* AT 100 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PULASKI...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR REDFIELD AT 125 PM EST

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BUFFALO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4352 7632 4334 7627 4351 7580 4365 7582

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 10:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee52 min
Mar 9, 11:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming36 min
Mar 9, 12:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego27 min
Mar 9, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe42 min

Nearby

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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.