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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 28, 2006Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2006, 5:51 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 28, 2006, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Clyde, NY

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2006-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 282151
SVRBUF
NYC117-282245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.060628T2151Z-060628T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
551 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 550 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 NEAR LYONS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTH OF GENEVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLYDE BY 615 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4322 7672 4321 7670 4308 7671 4306 7672
      4303 7680 4302 7712 4304 7712 4306 7717
      4310 7718 4332 7672

$$

TJP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 282209
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
608 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

NYC117-282245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060628T2245Z/
WAYNE NY-
608 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYONS...OR ABOUT 15 
MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IN 
ADDITIONAL TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...THIS STORM 
WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY THAT MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. 


THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLYDE BY 620 PM EDT...
  NORTH ROSE BY 630 PM EDT...
  WOLCOTT BY 645 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4322 7672 4321 7670 4308 7671 4306 7672
      4303 7680 4302 7712 4304 7712 4306 7717
      4310 7718 4332 7672

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua60 min
Jun 28, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario60 min
Jun 28, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus55 min
Jun 28, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne54 min
Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jun 28, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jun 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario60 min
Jun 28, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF31 min
Jun 28, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.