Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 16, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Genesee County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Batavia, NY | WIRES DOWN NEAR BATAVIA AIRPORT |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 162000
SVRBUF
NYC037-162045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0088.070816T2000Z-070816T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
400 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 359 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
OAKFIELD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATAVIA...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BATAVIA BY 410 PM EDT...
BYRON BY 425 PM EDT...
LE ROY BY 430 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4307 7794 4306 7795 4305 7794 4291 7796
4302 7840 4310 7836 4310 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 279DEG 25KT 4305 7828
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 162023
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
422 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
NYC037-162045-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-070816T2045Z/
GENESEE NY-
422 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR GENESEE COUNTY...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STAFFORD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF BATAVIA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LE ROY BY 425 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4309 7794 4308 7795 4303 7794 4291 7796
4299 7818 4307 7813 4310 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 281DEG 27KT 4302 7804
$$
HITCHCOCK000
WWUS51 KBUF 162044
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
443 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
NYC037-162053-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-070816T2045Z/
GENESEE NY-
443 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GENESEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445
PM EDT...
AT 443 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.
AT 415 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIRES DOWN NEAR THE BATAVIA
AIRPORT. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.
LAT...LON 4309 7794 4308 7795 4303 7794 4291 7796
4299 7818 4307 7813 4310 7794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 281DEG 27KT 4299 7783
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.