Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 3, 2003Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 9:05 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 3, 2003, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2003-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 590 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2003-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

493 
WUUS51 KBUF 040105
SVRBUF
NYC075-040130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
903 PM EDT SUN AUG 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PULASKI TO FULTON MOVING NORTH 
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF    
  THE COUNTY BETWEEN 905 AND 930 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS. 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 4344 7623 4345 7598 4367 7586 4365 7616

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 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.