Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 7, 2008, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2008, 9:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 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 080103
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-063-073-121-080200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0137.080808T0103Z-080808T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
903 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
WESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 858 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NEWFANE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANBORN...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDINA TO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LOCKPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 39 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PENDLETON AND LOCKPORT BY 910 PM EDT...
MIDDLEPORT BY 915 PM EDT...
MEDINA AND AMHERST BY 920 PM EDT...
HARRIS HILL BY 925 PM EDT...
LANCASTER AND AKRON BY 930 PM EDT...
OAKFIELD BY 935 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4337 7864 4337 7859 4338 7854 4338 7843
4338 7842 4338 7841 4338 7840 4301 7800
4274 7851 4320 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 323DEG 34KT 4333 7851 4318 7879
$$
SAGE2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 080129 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 929 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 NYC073-080139- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080808T0200Z/ ORLEANS NY- 929 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4313 7888 4326 7867 4293 7815 4274 7851 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 323DEG 22KT 4307 7872 $$ NYC029-037-063-121-080200- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080808T0200Z/ WYOMING NY-GENESEE NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY- 929 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES... AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENDLETON...OR NEAR AMHERST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AMHERST BY 935 PM EDT... CLARENCE CENTER BY 945 PM EDT... ALDEN BY 1000 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4313 7888 4326 7867 4293 7815 4274 7851 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 323DEG 22KT 4307 7872 $$ SAGE
000 WWUS51 KBUF 080150 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 950 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 NYC029-037-063-121-080158- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080808T0200Z/ WYOMING NY-GENESEE NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY- 948 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE... SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...WESTERN GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 948 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 1030 PM WITH CORES OF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4313 7888 4326 7867 4293 7815 4274 7851 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 323DEG 22KT 4298 7862 $$ SAGE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Aug 7, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 11:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Aug 8, 7:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
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.