Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 78 min. 3 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
Jun 8, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
78 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 8, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNiagara Falls, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 0Barker, NY63 MPH WIND GUST
Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 63Barker, NY

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
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 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 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 082113
SVRBUF
NYC063-082230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0010.070608T2112Z-070608T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
512 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSTOWN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF     
  NIAGARA FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUNGSTOWN AND LEWISTON BY 525 PM EDT...
  NIAGARA FALLS BY 530 PM EDT...
  SANBORN BY 540 PM EDT...
  PENDLETON BY 545 PM EDT...
  NEWFANE AND LOCKPORT BY 550 PM EDT...
  MIDDLEPORT BY 605 PM EDT...

STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE PUSHED OUT WELL IN ADVANCE OF THIS 
LINE OF STORMS. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER TO SEEK SHELTER.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4326 7907 4307 7904 4311 7847 4339 7848

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082150
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

NYC063-082230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T2230Z/
NIAGARA NY-
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR NIAGARA COUNTY...

AT 549 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 14 MILES EAST
OF MIDDLEPORT...OR OVER ALBION...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4326 7907 4307 7904 4311 7847 4339 7848

$$

TJP
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082222
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
622 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

NYC063-082232-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070608T2230Z/
NIAGARA NY-
622 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NIAGARA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630
PM EDT...

AT 622 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 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 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4326 7907 4307 7904 4311 7847 4339 7848

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua74 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF115 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming55 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus69 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie51 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe58 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans57 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston82 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua18 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming24 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne55 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFLivingston40 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga64 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne33 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego71 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.