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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 24, 2000Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2000, 1:20 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 55 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
May 24, 2000, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 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
May 24, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2000-05-24Temperature 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°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 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1424 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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.

708 
WUUS51 KBUF 241722
SVRBUF
NYC069-241815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
120 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.

* AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANANDAIGUA 
  ...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRISTOL AT 125 PM
  CANANDAIGUA AROUND 135 PM EDT.
  GENEVA AROUND 155 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

*** NAME ***

LAT...LON 4284 7760 4267 7753 4280 7728 4279 7703
          4298 7697

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua39 min
May 24, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus44 min
May 24, 11:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Wyoming52 min
May 24, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany43 min
May 24, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming64 min
May 24, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne60 min
May 24, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara50 min
May 24, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson75 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.