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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 1, 2006Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 1, 2006, 3:43 PM EST for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
Dec 1, 2006, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2006, 4:30 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Dec 1, 4:15 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWatson, NY

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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2006-12-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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 12:00Z on 2006-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 012043
SVRBUF
NYC049-012130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0103.061201T2043Z-061201T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
343 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EST

* AT 340 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM BARNES CORNERS TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHMARKET...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN TO 6 MILES WEST
  OF CAMDEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMARKET AND LOWVILLE BY 400 PM EST...

LAT...LON 4343 7552 4348 7574 4375 7576 4381 7579
      4381 7584 4385 7584 4387 7581 4396 7515
      4361 7512

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 012103
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
403 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

NYC049-012130-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-061201T2130Z/
LEWIS NY-
403 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST
FOR LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 401 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CASTORLAND TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONSTABLEVILLE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT DRUM TO 9
MILES WEST OF BOONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CROGHAN AND PORT LEYDEN AND LYONS FALLS BY 410 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4343 7552 4348 7574 4375 7576 4381 7579
      4381 7584 4385 7584 4387 7581 4396 7515
      4361 7512

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 012137
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
437 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

NYC049-012147-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-061201T2130Z/
LEWIS NY-
437 PM EST FRI DEC 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM
EST...

AT 437 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4343 7552 4348 7574 4375 7576 4381 7579
      4381 7584 4385 7584 4387 7581 4396 7515
      4361 7512

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 1, 4:34 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more23 hr
Dec 1, 5:02 AM ESTLakeshore Flood WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie, Jefferson23 hr
Dec 1, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua56 min
Dec 1, 12:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie36 min
Dec 1, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming44 min
Dec 1, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego49 min
Dec 1, 2:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Dec 1, 4:15 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WatchBUFCayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego13 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.