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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 30, 2006Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2006, 3:56 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 64 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, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Indian River, NYMANY TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 301956
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-302100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0042.060630T1956Z-060630T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTH OF FORT DRUM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 445 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4429 7571 4408 7590 4385 7517 4411 7518

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 302029
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-302100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060630T2100Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
428 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NATURAL BRIDGE TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF EVANS MILLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES
EAST OF FORT DRUM TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EVANS MILLS BY 435 PM EDT...
  FORT DRUM BY 440 PM EDT...
  NATURAL BRIDGE AND DEFERIET BY 445 PM EDT...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 500 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4429 7571 4408 7590 4385 7517 4411 7518

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 302108
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-302117-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-060630T2100Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
507 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 500 PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM NEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.  THE 
LATEST ACTIVITY IS NEAR CHAUMONT AND PERCH RIVER...MOVING TO THE 
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 4429 7571 4408 7590 4385 7517 4411 7518

$$

ZAFF

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, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming60 min
Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie63 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 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.