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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 21, 2007Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 2:28 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 21, 2007, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 2:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Macedon, NYPENNY SIZE HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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 211828
SVRBUF
NYC117-211930-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0051.070621T1828Z-070621T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
228 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 224 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES   
  SOUTHWEST OF ONTARIO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER...AND 
  MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PALMYRA BY 245 PM EDT...
  MARION BY 250 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4322 7704 4321 7703 4315 7703 4314 7701
      4307 7701 4306 7700 4306 7734 4328 7734
      4328 7704

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 211857
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
255 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

NYC117-211930-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-070621T1930Z/
WAYNE NY-
255 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ROUTE 31 FROM MACEDON 
TO NEWARK. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 40 
MILES AN HOUR. TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED PENNY SIZED 
HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. 

LAT...LON 4322 7704 4321 7703 4315 7703 4314 7701
      4307 7701 4306 7700 4306 7734 4328 7734
      4328 7704

$$

RSH
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 211930 RRA
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
331 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

NYC117-211941-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-070621T1930Z/
WAYNE NY-
331 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM
EDT...

AT 331 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.

LAT...LON 4322 7704 4321 7703 4315 7703 4314 7701
      4307 7701 4306 7700 4306 7734 4328 7734
      4328 7704

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Jun 21, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Orleans59 min
Jun 21, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario67 min
Jun 21, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Jun 21, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson72 min
Jun 21, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jun 21, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario36 min
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson43 min
Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF39 min
Jun 21, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 21, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF46 min
Jun 21, 7:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF36 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.