Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 7:22 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 26, 2008, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 262322 SVRBUF NYC069-117-270000- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0124.080726T2322Z-080727T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 722 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 720 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 CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLIFTON SPRINGS BY 730 PM EDT... PHELPS BY 735 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 7697 4284 7697 4284 7729 4294 7731 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 254DEG 27KT 4293 7719 $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 262335
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
735 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008
NYC069-117-270000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080727T0000Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
735 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES...
AT 735 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLIFTON SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL ONTARIO COUNTY
LAT...LON 4285 7714 4300 7715 4301 7714 4307 7697
4289 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 254DEG 27KT 4296 7706
$$
RSH000
WWUS51 KBUF 262356
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
756 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008
NYC069-117-270007-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080727T0000Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
757 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
AT 757 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 4285 7714 4300 7715 4301 7714 4307 7697
4289 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 254DEG 27KT 4301 7684
$$
RSHThe 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, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 68 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.