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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 4:44 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2007, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 082044
SVRBUF
NYC029-082145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0008.070608T2044Z-070608T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  EAST AURORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALES CENTER BY 450 PM EDT...
  MARILLA BY 455 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4289 7847 4288 7849 4279 7849 4278 7847
      4269 7847 4264 7857 4279 7870 4279 7868
      4294 7847

$$

ZAFF/TJP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082108
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-082145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070608T2145Z/
ERIE NY-
506 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR ERIE COUNTY...

AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN 
NORTH COLLINS AND BOSTON AND WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM THAT 
FORMED NEAR MARILLA EARLIER HAS WEAKENED.  

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

LAT...LON 4289 7847 4288 7849 4279 7849 4278 7847
      4269 7847 4264 7857 4279 7870 4279 7868
      4294 7847

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua74 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF115 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara78 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming55 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus69 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie51 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe58 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans57 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston82 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua18 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming24 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne55 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFLivingston40 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga64 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne33 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego71 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.