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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 21, 2007Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2007, 4:02 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 43 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, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 0.885 E Henderson, NYPENNY TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 212002
SVRBUF
NYC045-212045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0056.070621T2002Z-070621T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM
  TO STONY POINT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERTOWN BY 410 PM EDT...
  HENDERSON HARBOR BY 415 PM EDT...
  ADAMS CENTER BY 425 PM EDT...
  ADAMS BY 435 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4425 7562 4386 7657 4369 7588 4390 7585
      4397 7567 4418 7550

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 212023
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-212045-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-070621T2045Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
423 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HENDERSON HARBOR...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WATERTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ADAMS BY 430 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4425 7562 4386 7657 4369 7588 4390 7585
      4397 7567 4418 7550

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 212049
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-212057-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-070621T2045Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
447 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT
445 PM EDT...

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 
515 PM EDT. 

LAT...LON 4425 7562 4386 7657 4369 7588 4390 7585
      4397 7567 4418 7550

$$

TJP

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, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne62 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, 4:21 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.