Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 151750
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
150 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
NYC029-151815-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-080815T1815Z/
ERIE NY-
149 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY...
AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF AKRON...MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOWN OF ALDEN BY 200 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4308 7863 4308 7861 4307 7859 4308 7857
4309 7848 4309 7847 4295 7847 4296 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 344DEG 4KT 4298 7855
$$
HITCHCOCK000
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
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 91 min |
| Aug 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie | 92 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.