Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 24, 2004Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 3:33 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 42 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 24, 2004, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
42 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 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.

591 
WUUS51 KBUF 241933
SVRBUF
NYC075-242015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
333 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL SQUARE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF
  NORTH SYRACUSE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONSTANTIA AT 345 PM EDT...
  CLEVELAND AT 355 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4336 7627 4318 7624 4320 7554 4344 7557

$$

OHARA/SL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
May 23, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
May 23, 11:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFOswego3 hr
May 24, 12:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara57 min
May 24, 1:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne3 hr
May 24, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe37 min
May 24, 1:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua3 hr
May 24, 5:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua3 hr
May 24, 5:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
May 24, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 24, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 24, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 24, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 24, 6:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 24, 7:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee47 min
May 24, 7:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe47 min
May 24, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
May 24, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis43 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.