Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2008, 5:56 AM EDT for Genesee County, Monroe County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 64 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 11, 2008, 5:56 AM EDT (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 110956
SVRBUF
NYC037-055-073-111100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0150.080811T0956Z-080811T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
556 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
EASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 553 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILTON...AND MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 17 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HILTON BY 610 AM EDT...
BROCKPORT BY 645 AM EDT...
HOLLEY BY 655 AM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL...FREQUENT 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 4295 7799 4327 7832 4338 7797 4337 7794
4335 7785 4336 7784 4334 7781 4335 7776
4334 7772 4330 7767 4327 7761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 053DEG 15KT 4334 7773
$$
TJP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 111019
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
619 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008
NYC037-055-073-111100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080811T1100Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
619 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN ORLEANS...NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN GENESEE
COUNTIES...
AT 614 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILTON...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROCKPORT BY 645 AM EDT...
HOLLEY BY 655 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 4295 7799 4327 7832 4338 7797 4337 7794
4335 7785 4336 7784 4334 7781 4335 7776
4334 7772 4330 7767 4327 7761
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 053DEG 15KT 4328 7784
$$
TJP000
WWUS51 KBUF 111059
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
659 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008
NYC037-055-073-111108-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080811T1100Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-
658 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ORLEANS...NORTHWESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 AM EDT...
AT 658 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 8 AM.
LAT...LON 4295 7799 4327 7832 4338 7797 4337 7794
4335 7785 4336 7784 4334 7781 4335 7776
4334 7772 4330 7767 4327 7761
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 053DEG 15KT 4333 7799
$$
TJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| Aug 11, 6:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Orleans | 88 min |
| Aug 11, 6:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe | 106 min |
| Aug 11, 7:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Aug 11, 8:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Orleans | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.