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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Buffalo, NY

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

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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

$$

RSH
000 
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

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 26, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jul 26, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 26, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne68 min
Jul 26, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF84 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego58 min
Jul 26, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua67 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.