Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 5:18 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 57 min. 4 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 5:18 AM EDT (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gerry, NY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Aug 2, 5:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falconer, NY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Aug 2, 5:45 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Conewango Valley, NY | |
| Aug 2, 5:55 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N Steamburg, 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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 020918
SVRBUF
NYC009-013-021015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0129.080802T0918Z-080802T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
518 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 515 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FALCONER BY 530 AM EDT...
ALLEGANY PARK BY 600 AM 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 4212 7950 4224 7938 4227 7870 4200 7871
4199 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 289DEG 35KT 4219 7935
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 020950
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
550 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
NYC009-013-021015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-080802T1015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
550 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...
AT 541 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOLPH...OR 9 MILES
EAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALLEGANY PARK BY 605 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 4200 7899 4210 7916 4221 7912 4227 7870
4200 7871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 289DEG 35KT 4211 7896
$$
RSH000
WWUS51 KBUF 021015
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
615 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
NYC009-013-021025-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-080802T1015Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
615 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 615 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4200 7899 4210 7916 4221 7912 4227 7870
4200 7871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1015Z 289DEG 35KT 4203 7865
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 37 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 28 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.