Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2003Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2003, 8:31 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 29 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, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 090031
SVRBUF
NYC029-090100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
830 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 900 PM EDT

* AT 825 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLIAMSVILLE TO 10 MILES 
  SOUTHWEST OF EAST CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 
MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING.

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 4300 7887 4249 7883 4255 7849 4306 7850

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Jun 8, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.