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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 10, 2008Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2008, 6:53 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 45 min. 6 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 10, 2008, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2008, 7:38 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 10, 7:05 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Minetto, NY	ALONG THE OSWEGO RIVER
Aug 10, 7:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Sw Oswego, NY
Aug 10, 7:17 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	1 S Scriba, NY
Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Scriba, NY
Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	1 Nw Scriba, NY
Aug 10, 7:19 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 E Oswego, NY	STARTED AS PEA SIZE

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 102253
SVRBUF
NYC075-110000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0148.080810T2253Z-080811T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
653 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWN OF OSWEGO BY 710 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4333 7647 4333 7661 4342 7662 4343 7660
      4347 7654 4347 7651 4351 7647 4352 7643
      4353 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 189DEG 8KT 4337 7653

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102314
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
714 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NYC075-110000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-080811T0000Z/
OSWEGO NY-
713 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT 
FOR WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF MINETTO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSWEGO BY 720 PM EDT...
  SCRIBA BY 730 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE FOR 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE 
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4338 7645 4339 7659 4344 7658 4347 7654
      4347 7651 4351 7647 4351 7646 4351 7645
      4353 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 192DEG 10KT 4343 7651

$$

HITCHCOCK

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102338
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
738 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

NYC075-102347-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-080811T0000Z/
OSWEGO NY-
737 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

AT 737 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED 
OFFSHORE INTO LAKE ONTARIO...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4338 7645 4339 7659 4344 7658 4347 7654
      4347 7651 4351 7647 4351 7646 4351 7645
      4353 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 192DEG 10KT 4350 7649

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	27 min
Aug 9, 8:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		40 min
Aug 9, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	31 min
Aug 9, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Aug 9, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		86 min
Aug 9, 9:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	3 hr
Aug 10, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		119 min
Aug 10, 11:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Erie	117 min
Aug 10, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		3 hr
Aug 10, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		3 hr
Aug 10, 1:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Erie	2 hr
Aug 10, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	52 min
Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	34 min
Aug 10, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		82 min
Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Wayne	60 min
Aug 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Cayuga	3 hr
Aug 10, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	49 min
Aug 10, 6:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Oswego	3 hr
Aug 10, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	20 min
Aug 10, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 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.