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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 9, 2004Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2004, 6:07 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 9, 2004, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

847 
WUUS51 KBUF 092207
SVRBUF
NYC075-092300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
606 PM EDT WED JUN 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 600 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 WEST OF SELKIRK BEACH...
  OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PULASKI AT 615 PM EDT...
  ALTMAR AT 625 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS FREQUENT 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 4369 7632 4353 7644 4319 7569 4337 7571

$$

JJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus34 min
Jun 9, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus48 min
Jun 9, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jun 9, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson76 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara60 min
Jun 9, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Jun 9, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis69 min
Jun 9, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans66 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 9, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 9, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF47 min
Jun 9, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee56 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.