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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 80

March 9, 200040 counties in New York; Rutland County, Vermont

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 9, 2000, 12:45 PM EST for 40 counties in New York; Rutland County, Vermont. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2000, 12:45 PM EST (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2000, 6:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Albany County, NY, Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Erie County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Rutland County, VT

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego31 min
Mar 9, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe42 min
Mar 9, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYHamilton, Herkimer55 min
Mar 9, 2:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMYates49 min
Mar 9, 3:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Seneca53 min
Mar 9, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMDelaware, Otsego67 min
Mar 9, 5:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady, Schoharie55 min
Mar 9, 5:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYMontgomery55 min

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2000-03-09Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 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 
WWUS9 KMKC 091722
MKC WW 091722
NYZ000-092300-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 80
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1222 PM EST THU MAR 9 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   NEW YORK                           
   LAKE ONTARIO

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1245 PM UNTIL
600 PM EST.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 140 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELMIRA NEW YORK
TO 50 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF UTICA NEW YORK.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.


DISCUSSION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA. ALTHOUGH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED...STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WIND
FIELDS WILL FAVOR ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
POSSIBLE.


AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMRUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.


...VESCIO

;434,0725 415,0735 415,0792 434,0783;

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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.