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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 5:47 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 58 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, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 6:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Henrietta, NY	TREES AND WIRES 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 082148
SVRBUF
NYC055-082245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0014.070608T2147Z-070608T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  CHURCHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSVILLE BY 605 PM EDT...
  HENRIETTA BY 615 PM EDT...
  BRIGHTON BY 620 PM EDT...
  EAST ROCHESTER BY 625 PM EDT...
  FAIRPORT BY 630 PM EDT...
  WEBSTER BY 640 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS 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 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747
      4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771 4301 7791
      4304 7789 4307 7794 4313 7791 4314 7797
      4333 7777 4333 7772

$$

TJP

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082208
SVSBUF

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

NYC055-082245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070608T2245Z/
MONROE NY-
608 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR MONROE COUNTY...

AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHURCHVILLE...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GATES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GATES BY 620 PM EDT...
  ROCHESTER BY 625 PM EDT...
  IRONDEQUOIT BY 630 PM EDT...
  IRONDEQUOIT BAY BY 635 PM EDT...
  WEBSTER BY 645 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS 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 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747
      4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771 4301 7791
      4304 7789 4307 7794 4313 7791 4314 7797
      4333 7777 4333 7772

$$

TJP

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082246
SVSBUF

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

NYC055-082257-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070608T2245Z/
MONROE NY-
647 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645
PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747
      4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771 4301 7791
      4304 7789 4307 7794 4313 7791 4314 7797
      4333 7777 4333 7772

$$

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, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	51 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.