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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 19, 2007Livingston County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2007, 12:41 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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 19, 2007, 12:41 PM EDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2007, 1:22 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Livingston County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 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 19, 12:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Retsof, NY	TREE FELL THROUGH ROOF
Jun 19, 12:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	York, NY	NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE YORK AND AVON AREAS
Jun 19, 1:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Retsof, NY	TREE FELL THROUGH ROOF
Jun 19, 1:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	York, NY	NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN THE YORK AND AVON AREAS

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 19, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 191641
SVRBUF
NYC051-191745-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0032.070619T1641Z-070619T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1241 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 1234 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 5 MILES WEST OF YORK TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVELAND...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GROVELAND AND GENESEO BY 1250 PM EDT...
  CONESUS AND AVON BY 1255 PM EDT...
  LIMA BY 105 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODEUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4294 7791 4254 7795 4254 7779 4261 7763
      4293 7762

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 191700
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1258 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

NYC051-191745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070619T1745Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
1258 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

AT 1251 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 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON TO GROVELAND...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LIVONIA BY 105 PM EDT...
  LIMA BY 110 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE. THE STORMS 
WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4294 7791 4254 7795 4254 7779 4261 7763
      4293 7762

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 191722
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

NYC051-191732-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070619T1745Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 120 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4294 7791 4254 7795 4254 7779 4261 7763
      4293 7762

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	47 min
Jun 19, 11:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	35 min
Jun 19, 11:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	51 min
Jun 19, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	50 min
Jun 19, 12:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	54 min
Jun 19, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	60 min
Jun 19, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		65 min
Jun 19, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	56 min
Jun 19, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		58 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	48 min
Jun 19, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	54 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		30 min
Jun 19, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	38 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	55 min
Jun 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	67 min
Jun 19, 3:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	28 min
Jun 19, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	62 min
Jun 19, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		86 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	58 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	69 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	56 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	30 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		88 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	58 min
Jun 19, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	90 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	66 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		89 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	77 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		2 hr
Jun 19, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Oswego	40 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.