Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 2, 2006Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2006, 1:47 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 58 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
Aug 2, 2006, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2006-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 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 2006-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 021747
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-021845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0088.060802T1747Z-060802T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
147 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 145 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 15 MILES WEST OF CATO...OR ABOUT
  15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CATO BY 210 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4329 7692 4309 7692 4306 7657 4331 7662

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 021848
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
245 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

NYC011-117-021855-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-060802T1845Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
245 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA AND WAYNE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 245 PM EDT...

STORMS HAVE WEAKENED A BIT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST.

HOWEVER, A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAYUGA COUNTY 
UNTIL 430 PM DUE TO SEVERAL SUCCESIVE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SAME 
PORTION OF THE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE THRUWAY. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CAYUGA COUNTY 
THROUGH 10 PM. 

LAT...LON 4329 7692 4309 7692 4306 7657 4331 7662

$$

NIZIOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Orleans55 min
Aug 2, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Aug 2, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga114 min
Aug 2, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego19 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.