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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 28, 2005Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2005, 8:49 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 41 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 28, 2005, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2005, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 8:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSandy Creek, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS RTE 11
Jun 28, 9:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAdams, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Jun 28, 9:14 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRodman, NYTREE DOWN RTE 177 AND 69

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2005-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1353 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 290049
SVRBUF
NYC045-075-290130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0013.050629T0049Z-050629T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
849 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWICK BEACH TO SELKIRK
  BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  WATERTOWN TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...AND WERE MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LACONA BY 855 PM EDT...
  ADAMS CENTER AND ADAMS BY 915 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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 4386 7631 4349 7626 4364 7580 4399 7594

$$

LEVAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 290127
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
927 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

NYC045-075-290137-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050629T0130Z/
JEFFERSON NY-OSWEGO NY-
927 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 930 PM EDT...

AT 927 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND EXITED THE 
WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4386 7631 4349 7626 4364 7580 4399 7594

$$

LEVAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis51 min
Jun 29, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany58 min
Jun 29, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.