Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 65 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 18, 2008, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 182355
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-190100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0157.080818T2355Z-080819T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
755 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SELKIRK BEACH...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SELKIRK BEACH BY 800 PM EDT...
PULASKI BY 805 PM EDT...
REDFIELD BY 835 PM EDT...
HIGHMARKET BY 900 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4356 7521 4342 7553 4347 7581 4334 7587
4331 7586 4337 7649 4354 7639 4352 7633
4355 7623 4373 7622 4365 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 272DEG 28KT 4360 7625
$$
TJP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 190040
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
840 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
NYC045-049-075-190100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-080819T0100Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
840 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...OSWEGO AND SOUTHERN LEWIS
COUNTIES...
AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA...OR 14 MILES
NORTH OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHMARKET BY 845 PM EDT...
CONSTABLEVILLE BY 855 PM EDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4356 7521 4342 7553 4347 7581 4334 7587
4331 7586 4337 7649 4354 7639 4352 7633
4355 7623 4373 7622 4365 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 272DEG 28KT 4352 7561
$$
TJP000
WWUS51 KBUF 190102
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
902 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
NYC045-049-075-190112-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-080819T0100Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
902 PM EDT MON AUG 18 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL
JEFFERSON...OSWEGO AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 902 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.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4356 7521 4342 7553 4347 7581 4334 7587
4331 7586 4337 7649 4354 7639 4352 7633
4355 7623 4373 7622 4365 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 272DEG 28KT 4351 7561
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 24 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.