Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2007, 4:47 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 16, 2007, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 162047
SVRBUF
NYC055-162115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0090.070816T2047Z-070816T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
447 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 444 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
SCOTTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRIGHTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HONEOYE FALLS BY 500 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 4294 7749 4294 7762 4294 7763 4295 7775
4298 7772 4299 7779 4302 7778 4303 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 281DEG 30KT 4298 7772
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 162100
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
459 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
NYC055-162115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-070816T2115Z/
MONROE NY-
459 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HONEOYE FALLS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF BRIGHTON...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HONEOYE FALLS THROUGH 510 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4300 7749 4299 7750 4298 7749 4294 7749
4294 7763 4295 7764 4302 7760 4303 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 281DEG 30KT 4296 7759
$$
HITCHCOCK000
WWUS51 KBUF 162111
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
511 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
NYC055-162121-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-070816T2115Z/
MONROE NY-
511 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515
PM EDT...
AT 511 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.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.
LAT...LON 4300 7749 4299 7750 4298 7749 4294 7749
4294 7763 4295 7764 4302 7760 4303 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 281DEG 30KT 4294 7746
$$
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, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.