Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| May 23, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| May 23, 11:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 24, 7:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 24, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| May 24, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 43 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.