Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 5:06 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 69 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2004, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carthage, NY | POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN |
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Old Forge, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
| Jun 9, 6:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Old Forge, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 092106 SVRBUF NYC045-049-092215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 506 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 459 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COPENHAGEN AT 515 PM EDT... CASTORLAND AT 520 PM EDT... LOWVILLE AT 525 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. 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 4411 7590 4395 7601 4317 7415 4342 7396 $$ JJP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 76 min |
| Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Jun 9, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Jun 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 47 min | |
| Jun 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.