Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 24, 2003Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2003, 12:24 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 24, 2003, 12:24 PM EDT (16:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2003, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2003-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 241624
SVRBUF
NYC045-241715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1224 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 115 PM EDT

* AT 1217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PHILADELPHIA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF FORT DRUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANTWERP AT 1240 PM EDT

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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 4412 7582 4400 7564 4421 7548 4429 7569

$$

DJF/TN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 8:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF29 min
Jul 24, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego27 min
Jul 24, 11:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson60 min
Jul 24, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF115 min
Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF75 min
Jul 24, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 min
Jul 24, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jul 24, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie56 min
Jul 24, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua50 min
Jul 24, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara45 min
Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua29 min
Jul 24, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans51 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.