Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 9, 2008Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2008, 7:53 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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 9, 2008, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Ne Lancaster, NYRELAYED BY LOCAL MEDIA

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2008-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 2008-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 092353
SVRBUF
NYC029-100030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0141.080809T2353Z-080810T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
753 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUFFALO BY 755 PM EDT...
  CHEEKTOWAGA BY 800 PM EDT...
  WILLIAMSVILLE BY 805 PM EDT...
  HARRIS HILL BY 810 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 4309 7870 4296 7846 4283 7887 4285 7887
      4288 7890 4289 7890 4291 7892 4292 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 240DEG 25KT 4289 7885

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 100007
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
807 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

NYC029-100030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-080810T0030Z/
ERIE NY-
806 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY...

AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEPEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LANCASTER BY 810 PM EDT...
  NEWSTEAD AND ALDEN BY 820 PM EDT...
  AKRON BY 825 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 4309 7870 4308 7868 4296 7846 4296 7847
      4287 7875 4297 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 245DEG 31KT 4295 7867

$$

HITCHCOCK
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 100033
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
833 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

NYC029-100043-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-080810T0030Z/
ERIE NY-
833 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 833 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.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4309 7870 4308 7868 4296 7846 4296 7847
      4287 7875 4297 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 245DEG 31KT 4295 7866

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF78 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara52 min
Aug 9, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Aug 9, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua37 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.