Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 14, 2004Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2004, 2:57 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 48 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
May 14, 2004, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2004, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 141857
SVRBUF
NYC055-141945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
257 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATES...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCHESTER AT 310 PM EDT...
  IRONDEQUOIT AT 315 PM EDT...
  IRONDEQUOIT BAY AT 325 PM EDT...
  WEBSTER AT 330 PM EDT...

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 4312 7790 4297 7776 4315 7737 4338 7746

$$

DJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
May 14, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFOntario3 hr
May 14, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 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.