Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 8, 2001Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2001, 2:07 AM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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: Apr 8, 2001, 2:07 AM EDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2001, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Wayne County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 2:20 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Lyons, 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 080610
SVRBUF
NYC117-080700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
207 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 203 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WILLIAMSON MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OVER SODUS AT 220 AM EDT
  AND WOLCOTT AT 230 AM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY 
INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LEVAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	52 min
Apr 7, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.