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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 29, 2006Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2006, 4:50 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 55 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 29, 2006, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2006, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2006-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 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 2006-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 292050
SVRBUF
NYC075-292145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0036.060629T2050Z-060629T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
450 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NINE MILE POINT TO 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SELKIRK BEACH BY 510 PM EDT...
  PULASKI AND CENTRAL SQUARE BY 520 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4346 7649 4325 7645 4326 7625 4328 7611
      4323 7596 4365 7592 4366 7619

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 292114
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
513 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

NYC075-292145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060629T2145Z/
OSWEGO NY-
513 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SELKIRK BEACH TO 
ALTMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SANDY CREEK AND LACONA BY 525 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4346 7649 4325 7645 4326 7625 4328 7611
      4323 7596 4365 7592 4366 7619

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 292145
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

NYC075-292156-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-060629T2145Z/
OSWEGO NY-
546 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545
PM EDT...

AT 546 PM EDT 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 4346 7649 4325 7645 4326 7625 4328 7611
      4323 7596 4365 7592 4366 7619

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 12:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jun 29, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe57 min
Jun 29, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jun 29, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 29, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF93 min
Jun 29, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany59 min
Jun 29, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne58 min
Jun 29, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming66 min
Jun 29, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany60 min
Jun 29, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga23 min
Jun 29, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF35 min
Jun 29, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson32 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.