Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2008, 12:49 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
- Sep 15, 2008, 12:49 AM EDT (04:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2008, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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, 12:55 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 150449
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-150545-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0162.080915T0449Z-080915T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1249 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 1241 AM 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 21 MILES NORTH OF FORT DRUM TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FORT DRUM BY 1255 AM EDT...
BARNES CORNERS BY 100 AM EDT...
WEST CARTHAGE AND CARTHAGE BY 110 AM EDT...
REDFIELD BY 115 AM EDT...
LOWVILLE BY 130 AM EDT...
INDIAN RIVER AND HIGHMARKET BY 135 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 4349 7538 4344 7567 4347 7581 4315 7590
4342 7652 4352 7643 4356 7622 4372 7622
4383 7630 4389 7627 4387 7620 4398 7607
4399 7607 4395 7616 4397 7622 4401 7616
4436 7600 4438 7592 4409 7516 4362 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0449Z 258DEG 32KT 4438 7565 4344 7614
$$
HIBBERT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KBUF 150520
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
120 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
NYC045-049-075-150545-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-080915T0545Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
120 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND LEWIS COUNTIES...
AT 119 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM TO 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FORT DRUM TO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST
AT 37 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WILLIAMSTOWN BY 125 AM EDT...
HARRISVILLE AND CASTORLAND BY 130 AM EDT...
REDFIELD BY 135 AM EDT...
INDIAN RIVER AND OSCEOLA AND NORTH OSCEOLA BY 140 AM EDT...
MARTINSBURG AND HIGHMARKET AND TURIN BY 145 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 4361 7514 4348 7540 4344 7564 4348 7580
4335 7588 4346 7624 4394 7590 4435 7585
4409 7515 4370 7512 4368 7513 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 258DEG 32KT 4443 7527 4393 7558
4352 7599
$$
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 14, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 59 min |
| Sep 15, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Sep 15, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.