Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 14, 2004Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2004, 7:45 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 14, 2004, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 2004-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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 142345
SVRBUF
NYC029-150045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
743 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING    
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
  EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND ISLAND TO HAMBURG...AND WERE 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  METRO BUFFALO AT 755 PM...
  WILLIAMSVILLE AND ELMA AND EAST AURORA AT 755 PM EDT...
  AMHERST AND LANCASTER AT 800 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 4305 7905 4257 7889 4262 7855 4305 7854

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
Jun 14, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
Jun 14, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua63 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.