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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2008Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 68 min. 2 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: Jul 26, 2008, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Williamson, NY	WIRES DOWN
Jul 26, 5:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Wolcott, NY

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 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 262037
SVRBUF
NYC011-117-262145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0121.080726T2037Z-080726T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
437 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMSON...OR 10 MILES
  EAST OF WEBSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SODUS BY 445 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4318 7661 4317 7726 4327 7729 4330 7715
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4331 7691
      4332 7678 4335 7675 4335 7670 4340 7666
      4341 7663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 258DEG 23KT 4324 7714

$$

RSH

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262103
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
503 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

NYC011-117-262145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080726T2145Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
502 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SODUS POINT...OR 22
MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT BAY BY 515 PM EDT...
  RED CREEK BY 525 PM EDT...
  FAIR HAVEN BY 530 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4322 7661 4319 7702 4328 7706 4329 7698
      4328 7697 4329 7697 4331 7691 4332 7678
      4335 7675 4335 7670 4340 7666 4341 7663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 258DEG 23KT 4327 7693

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262122
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
522 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

NYC011-117-262145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080726T2145Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
522 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT BAY...OR 15 MILES
NORTH OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIR HAVEN BY 530 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4322 7661 4321 7683 4329 7687 4332 7678
      4335 7675 4335 7670 4337 7667 4340 7666
      4341 7663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 260DEG 26KT 4328 7675

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262145
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
545 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

NYC011-117-262156-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080726T2145Z/
WAYNE NY-CAYUGA NY-
546 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA AND
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 546 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.

LAT...LON 4322 7661 4321 7683 4329 7687 4332 7678
      4335 7675 4335 7670 4337 7667 4340 7666
      4341 7663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 260DEG 26KT 4328 7675

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Jul 26, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		65 min
Jul 26, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		53 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		84 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	58 min
Jul 26, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	67 min
Jul 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	38 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.