Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 15, 2008Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT for Erie County, 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 15, 2008, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2008-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2008-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 151728
SVRBUF
NYC029-151815-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0152.080815T1728Z-080815T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
128 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS    
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AKRON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AKRON BY 130 PM EDT...
  ALDEN BY 145 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 4308 7863 4308 7861 4307 7859 4308 7857
      4309 7848 4309 7847 4295 7847 4296 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 328DEG 4KT 4303 7854

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 151750
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
150 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

NYC029-151815-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080815T1815Z/
ERIE NY-
149 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY...

AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF AKRON...MOVING SOUTH 
AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWN OF ALDEN BY 200 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 4308 7863 4308 7861 4307 7859 4308 7857
      4309 7848 4309 7847 4295 7847 4296 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 344DEG 4KT 4298 7855

$$

HITCHCOCK
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 151813
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
213 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

NYC029-151823-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080815T1815Z/
ERIE NY-
213 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...

AT 213 PM 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.

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

LAT...LON 4308 7863 4308 7861 4307 7859 4308 7857
      4309 7848 4309 7847 4295 7847 4296 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 344DEG 4KT 4295 7854

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson34 min
Aug 15, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Aug 15, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie53 min
Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 min
Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFErie3 hr
Aug 15, 3:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFOswego91 min
Aug 15, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara55 min
Aug 15, 4:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie92 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.