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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 15, 2006Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2006, 12:52 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 15, 2006, 12:52 AM EDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2006, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
53 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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
Apr 15, 1:05 AM EDTHAIL 0.88Cato, NY
Apr 15, 1:25 AM EDTHAIL 1.75Wolcott, 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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 150453
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-150545-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0009.060415T0452Z-060415T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1252 AM EDT SAT APR 15 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 145 AM EDT

* AT 1250 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THE
  STORM WERE LOCATED OVER LAKE ONTARIO AND NEAR SODUS AND WERE
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH ROSE BY 100 AM EDT...
  CATO BY 115 AM EDT...
  CONQUEST BY 120 AM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING MAY BE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS 
IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE 
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4306 7651 4322 7717 4329 7712 4328 7697
      4330 7692 4331 7680 4334 7675 4334 7661
      4326 7661 4325 7649

$$

LEVAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 150523
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
123 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006

NYC011-117-150545-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060415T0545Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
123 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR CAYUGA AND WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CATO TO PORT BAY TO ONTARIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WALWORTH AND MARION AND MACEDON BY 130 AM EDT...
  PALMYRA BY 135 AM EDT...
  SAVANNAH AND CLYDE BY 140 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4306 7651 4305 7736 4328 7737 4328 7697
      4330 7692 4331 7680 4334 7675 4334 7661
      4326 7661 4325 7649

$$

HIBBERT
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 150545
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
145 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006

NYC011-117-150555-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060415T0545Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
145 AM EDT SAT APR 15 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA AND WAYNE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 145 AM EDT...

AT 145 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE 
NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4306 7651 4305 7736 4328 7737 4328 7697
      4330 7692 4331 7680 4334 7675 4334 7661
      4326 7661 4325 7649

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Apr 15, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.