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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 2, 2006Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2006, 10:56 PM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 2, 2006, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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, 11:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGConstableville, NYSEVERAL TREES DOWN IN ROAD
Aug 2, 11:37 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGOld Forge, NYTREES DOWN.

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, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 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 00:00Z on 2006-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 030258
SVRBUF
NYC049-075-030400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0090.060803T0256Z-060803T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1056 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1053 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF FULTON  
  TO NEAR BARNES CORNERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PARISH AND HIGHMARKET BY 1125 PM EDT
  CONSTANTIA AND LOWVILLE BY 1145 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4351 7628 4342 7615 4372 7435 4399 7434

$$

SFM
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 030323
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1123 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

NYC049-075-030400-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-060803T0400Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
1123 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYONS FALLS TO PARISH...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CONSTANTIA BY 1135 PM EDT...
  CLEVELAND BY 1140 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4351 7628 4311 7606 4354 7480 4389 7515

$$

APB
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 030345
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1144 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

NYC049-075-030400-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-060803T0400Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
1144 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 1140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 17 MILES EAST OF PORT LEYDEN TO CENTRAL 
SQUARE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLEVELAND BY 1150 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4337 7629 4308 7611 4354 7480 4374 7495

$$

APB
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 030358
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1158 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

NYC049-075-030408-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-060803T0400Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
1158 PM EDT WED AUG 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1158 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4337 7629 4308 7611 4354 7480 4374 7495

$$

APB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Aug 2, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Aug 2, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie58 min
Aug 2, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Aug 3, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Aug 3, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 3, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany40 min

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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.