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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 7:31 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 71 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: Jun 8, 2007, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2007, 8:42 PM EDT
In force: 71 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 7:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oswego, NY	TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN
Jun 8, 7:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Granby Center, NY	TREES AND WIRES

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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 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 082331
SVRBUF
NYC075-090100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0023.070608T2331Z-070609T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES WEST OF OSWEGO TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF    
  FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OSWEGO BY 750 PM EDT...
  FULTON BY 755 PM EDT...
  NINE MILE POINT BY 800 PM EDT...
  CENTRAL SQUARE BY 815 PM EDT...
  PULASKI BY 820 PM EDT...
  REDFIELD BY 840 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. 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.

LAT...LON 4347 7583 4336 7588 4317 7589 4323 7606
      4329 7620 4325 7621 4324 7646 4328 7652
      4346 7656 4353 7641 4351 7633 4353 7624
      4369 7617 4367 7603 4368 7578 4348 7576

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082346
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-090100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070609T0100Z/
OSWEGO NY-
746 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR ALTMAR...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  REDFIELD BY 755 PM EDT...

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 4347 7583 4336 7588 4317 7589 4323 7606
      4329 7620 4325 7621 4324 7646 4328 7652
      4346 7656 4353 7641 4351 7633 4353 7624
      4369 7617 4367 7603 4368 7578 4348 7576

$$

TJP

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 090041
SVSBUF

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

NYC049-090145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070609T0145Z/
LEWIS NY-
842 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 834 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 9 MILES WEST OF
MARTINSBURG...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARTINSBURG BY 850 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4383 7582 4347 7575 4343 7554 4362 7513
      4409 7519 4416 7535 4398 7554

$$

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, 5:47 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, 7:58 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.