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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 30, 2006Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 30, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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
Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Varysburg, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 301915
SVRBUF
NYC121-302015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0040.060630T1915Z-060630T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VARYSBURG...OR
  ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF BATAVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WARSAW BY 325 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4285 7838 4270 7838 4257 7813 4276 7800

$$

SFM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 301946
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
346 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

NYC121-302015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060630T2015Z/
WYOMING NY-
346 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR WYOMING COUNTY...

AT 342 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARSAW...OR ABOUT 12 MILES 
WEST OF GENESEO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS 
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY...INCLUDING PORTAGEVILLE THROUGH 
410 PM.

LAT...LON 4285 7838 4270 7838 4257 7813 4276 7800

$$

SFM
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 302011
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
411 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

NYC121-302021-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060630T2015Z/
WYOMING NY-
411 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WYOMING COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415
PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4285 7838 4270 7838 4257 7813 4276 7800

$$

SFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 30, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming54 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF93 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFErie30 min
Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie63 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis64 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis24 min
Jun 30, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson48 min
Jun 30, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jun 30, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara61 min
Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee48 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.