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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 5:39 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 8, 2007, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Orchard Park, NY	TREES 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 11 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 082141
SVRBUF
NYC029-082230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0013.070608T2139Z-070608T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 536 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 TONAWANDA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH COLLINS...AND MOVING      
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSTON...WILLIAMSVILLE AND WEST SENECA BY 550 PM EDT...
  AMHERST...COLDEN AND LANCASTER BY 555 PM EDT...
  ELMA...EAST CONCORD AND ELMA CENTER BY 600 PM EDT...
  WALES CENTER BY 600 PM EDT...

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE MOVED WELL AHEAD 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...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...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 4279 7849 4278 7847 4257 7847 4247 7882
      4256 7905 4281 7882 4302 7894 4303 7892
      4302 7884 4305 7883 4308 7847

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082204
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-082230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070608T2230Z/
ERIE NY-
604 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

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

AT 601 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 AKRON TO EAST CONCORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF EAST AURORA...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL ERIE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4279 7849 4278 7847 4257 7847 4247 7882
      4256 7905 4281 7882 4302 7894 4303 7892
      4302 7884 4305 7883 4308 7847

$$

TJP

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082223
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-082233-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070608T2230Z/
ERIE NY-
623 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

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

AT 623 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 4279 7849 4278 7847 4257 7847 4247 7882
      4256 7905 4281 7882 4302 7894 4303 7892
      4302 7884 4305 7883 4308 7847

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		119 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	61 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	74 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		115 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	78 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	55 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	69 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	58 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	57 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	82 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	18 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	24 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	55 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Livingston	40 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	57 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	64 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 min
Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	33 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	71 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	64 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.