Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 9, 2008Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2008, 5:46 AM EST for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 5 reports 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: Jan 9, 2008, 5:46 AM EST (10:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2008, 6:30 AM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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
Jan 9, 6:10 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Hannibal, NY	WIRES/LIMBS DOWN
Jan 9, 6:15 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Fulton, NY	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Jan 9, 6:17 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Palermo, NY	TREES/WIRES DOWN
Jan 9, 6:17 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Scriba, NY	TREES/WIRES DOWN
Jan 9, 6:28 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 75	Constantia, NY	TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 091046
SVRBUF
NYC075-091130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0011.080109T1046Z-080109T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 AM EST

* AT 540 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  OSWEGO TO 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSWEGO TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WATERLOO...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OSWEGO BY 600 AM EST...
  NINE MILE POINT AND FULTON BY 605 AM EST...
  PHOENIX BY 610 AM EST...
  SELKIRK BEACH BY 615 AM EST...
  PULASKI AND CENTRAL SQUARE BY 620 AM EST...
  REDFIELD BY 630 AM EST...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4346 7575 4345 7582 4335 7587 4315 7589
      4325 7617 4320 7630 4326 7661 4342 7664
      4354 7641 4354 7626 4368 7621 4368 7604
      4371 7602 4369 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 270DEG 52KT 4372 7679 4303 7682

$$

ZAFF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091116
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
616 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

NYC075-091130-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080109T1130Z/
OSWEGO NY-
616 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST
FOR OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 615 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SELKIRK BEACH TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF 
PHOENIX...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LACONA AND CONSTANTIA AND ALTMAR BY 625 AM EST...
  CLEVELAND AND REDFIELD BY 630 AM EST...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL
NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4346 7575 4345 7582 4335 7587 4315 7589
      4325 7617 4320 7630 4326 7661 4342 7664
      4354 7641 4354 7626 4368 7621 4368 7604
      4371 7602 4369 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 270DEG 52KT 4372 7619 4303 7623

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091135
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
635 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

NYC075-091145-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080109T1130Z/
OSWEGO NY-
635 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630
AM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4346 7575 4345 7582 4335 7587 4315 7589
      4325 7617 4320 7630 4326 7661 4342 7664
      4354 7641 4354 7626 4368 7621 4368 7604
      4371 7602 4369 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 270DEG 52KT 4371 7618 4302 7624

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	38 min
Jan 9, 3:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	55 min
Jan 9, 3:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	63 min
Jan 9, 4:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	28 min
Jan 9, 4:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	33 min
Jan 9, 4:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	36 min
Jan 9, 4:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	54 min
Jan 9, 4:53 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe	34 min
Jan 9, 5:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	50 min
Jan 9, 5:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	35 min
Jan 9, 6:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	47 min
Jan 9, 6:29 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 5 more	9 hr
Jan 9, 6:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.