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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 2, 2006Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 19 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
Aug 2, 2006, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
19 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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
Aug 2, 3:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCleveland, NYTREES DOWN JUST EAST OF POST OFFICE, STATE ROUTE 49, AND WIDRIG AND HALL ROADS.

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

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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2006-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1361 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 2006-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 021911
SVRBUF
NYC075-021945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0089.060802T1911Z-060802T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONSTANTIA...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 4334 7610 4316 7606 4320 7538 4343 7542

$$

NIZIOL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 021930
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-021939-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-060802T1945Z/
OSWEGO NY-
329 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSWEGO COUNTY 
UNTIL 10PM.

LAT...LON 4334 7610 4316 7606 4320 7538 4343 7542

$$

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, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne58 min
Aug 2, 2:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga114 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.