Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2008, 4:20 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 55 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 15, 2008, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 15, 4:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Snyder, NY |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 152020
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-152115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0155.080815T2020Z-080815T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
420 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
SOUTH CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST
OF BUFFALO TO DEPEW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MARILLA BY 440 PM EDT...
WILLIAMSVILLE BY 450 PM EDT...
GRAND ISLAND AND HARRIS HILL BY 455 PM EDT...
KENMORE BY 505 PM EDT...
TONAWANDA BY 510 PM EDT...
AMHERST...NORTH TONAWANDA AND AKRON BY 515 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4307 7899 4308 7902 4314 7899 4308 7848
4270 7848 4278 7888 4285 7887 4291 7892
4295 7893 4295 7895 4297 7902 4301 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 227DEG 6KT 4291 7894 4294 7872
$$
TJP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 152040
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
440 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
NYC029-063-152115-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080815T2115Z/
NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
438 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTH CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTIES...
AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
KENMORE TO CLARENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSVILLE BY 450 PM EDT...
HARRIS HILL BY 455 PM EDT...
GRAND ISLAND BY 500 PM EDT...
KENMORE BY 505 PM EDT...
NIAGARA FALLS BY 510 PM EDT...
CLARENCE CENTER AND TONAWANDA AND AMHERST BY 515 PM EDT...
HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SNYDER. IF YOUR ARE IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4307 7899 4308 7902 4314 7899 4308 7848
4270 7848 4278 7888 4285 7887 4291 7892
4295 7893 4295 7895 4297 7902 4301 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 227DEG 6KT 4293 7891 4296 7869
$$
TJP000
WWUS51 KBUF 152112
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
512 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
NYC029-063-152122-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-080815T2115Z/
NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
512 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT...
AT 512 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.
LAT...LON 4307 7899 4308 7902 4314 7899 4308 7848
4270 7848 4278 7888 4285 7887 4291 7892
4295 7893 4295 7895 4297 7902 4301 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 227DEG 6KT 4297 7885 4300 7863
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| 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, 4:29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.