Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2008, 11:46 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 14, 2008, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 12:10 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fulton, NY | TREE DOWN |
| Sep 15, 12:55 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Orleans Four Corners, NY | WIRES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 150346
SVRBUF
NYC045-075-150445-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0161.080915T0346Z-080915T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1146 PM EDT SUN SEP 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1142 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF CLAYTON TO 22 MILES WEST OF
OSWEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OSWEGO AND CLAYTON BY 1220 AM EDT...
SOUTHWICK BEACH...HENDERSON HARBOR AND FULTON BY 1230 AM EDT...
SELKIRK BEACH AND PHOENIX BY 1240 AM EDT...
ADAMS CENTER...ADAMS AND PULASKI BY 1245 AM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4428 7565 4388 7576 4388 7584 4375 7579
4317 7590 4317 7593 4326 7618 4322 7623
4327 7659 4341 7661 4356 7622 4382 7625
4392 7639 4387 7621 4399 7607 4395 7628
4406 7632 4404 7640 4418 7633 4440 7584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 266DEG 28KT 4433 7642 4339 7690
$$
HIBBERT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KBUF 150419
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1219 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
NYC045-075-150445-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-080915T0445Z/
OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
1218 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR JEFFERSON AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...
AT 1214 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DRUM TO 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
DEPAUVILLE BY 1225 AM EDT...
SACKETS HARBOR BY 1230 AM EDT...
PERCH RIVER BY 1235 AM EDT...
BROWNVILLE BY 1240 AM EDT...
ADAMS CENTER BY 1245 AM EDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4428 7565 4388 7576 4388 7584 4375 7579
4317 7590 4317 7593 4326 7618 4322 7623
4327 7659 4341 7661 4356 7622 4382 7625
4392 7639 4387 7621 4399 7607 4395 7628
4406 7632 4404 7640 4418 7633 4440 7584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 266DEG 28KT 4434 7606 4341 7655
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:29 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 8 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Sep 14, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Sep 15, 12:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 36 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.