Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2003, 7:59 PM EDT for Erie 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2003, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 082359 SVRBUF NYC029-090030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 757 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 755 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NIAGARA FALLS TO 15 MILES EAST OF FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4297 7935 4260 7920 4253 7871 4303 7863 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 24 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 24 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 75 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 75 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 75 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 90 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 90 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 36 min | |
| Jun 8, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 36 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.