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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 14, 2004Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2004, 8:38 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 37 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, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2004, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 422 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
422 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

004 
WUUS51 KBUF 150038
SVRBUF
NYC075-150115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 834 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 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHOENIX...
  OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH SYRACUSE...AND WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTRAL SQUARE AT 845 PM EDT...
  CONSTANTIA AT 850 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 4317 7634 4306 7615 4354 7579 4365 7609

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 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.