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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 12, 2000Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2000, 3:50 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 12, 2000, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2000, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Oswego County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 12, 4:01 PM EDTThunderstorm WindPennellville, NY
Sep 12, 4:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindWest Monroe, 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 nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2000-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 12:00Z on 2000-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 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 121952
SVRBUF
NYC075-122045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
350 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK.
 
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF OSWEGO...MOVING NORTHEAST c  
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PALERMO AROUND 405 PM EDT.
  PULASKI AROUND 415 PM EDT.
  
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MCLAUGHLIN

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.