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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 9, 2008Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2008, 3:50 AM EST for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 4 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: Jan 9, 2008, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2008, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 55 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 08:52 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
Jan 9, 4:09 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 63	Kenmore, NY
Jan 9, 4:20 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Hamburg, NY	LARGE TREE DOWN ON ABBOTT RD. POWER OUTAGES FROM TSTMS.
Jan 9, 4:21 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 62	Buffalo Greater Intl Ar, NY
Jan 9, 4:25 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Cheektowaga, NY	737 AIRCRAFT BLOWN INTO JETWAY. APPARENT WING DAMAGE. REPORTED BY WEATHER OBSERVER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 090851
SVRBUF
NYC029-090945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0002.080109T0850Z-080109T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
350 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 445 AM EST

* AT 345 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT COLBORNE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  DUNKIRK TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE ERIE BEACH...ANGOLA ON THE LAKE AND ANGOLA BY 400 AM EST...
  DERBY...ATHOL SPRINGS AND NORTH COLLINS BY 405 AM EST...
  COLLINS...TONAWANDA AND SLOAN BY 410 AM EST...
  BOSTON BY 415 AM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4307 7849 4256 7849 4247 7888 4261 7912
      4272 7905 4272 7902 4280 7888 4294 7893
      4297 7900 4300 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 241DEG 63KT 4287 7929 4261 7924
          4227 7931

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 090917
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
416 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

NYC029-090945-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0945Z/
ERIE NY-
416 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EST
FOR ERIE COUNTY...

AT 415 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM TONAWANDA TO BLASDELL TO COLLINS...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST CONCORD BY 420 AM EST...
  WALES CENTER AND MARILLA AND HOLLAND BY 425 AM EST...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND 
SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4307 7849 4256 7849 4247 7888 4261 7912
      4272 7905 4272 7902 4280 7888 4294 7893
      4297 7900 4300 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 241DEG 63KT 4309 7875 4283 7870
          4249 7877

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 090938
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
438 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

NYC029-090948-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080109T0945Z/
ERIE NY-
438 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 AM
EST...

AT 438 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4307 7849 4256 7849 4247 7888 4261 7912
      4272 7905 4272 7902 4280 7888 4294 7893
      4297 7900 4300 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 241DEG 63KT 4328 7829 4302 7824
          4268 7831

$$

RSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	38 min
Jan 9, 3:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	63 min
Jan 9, 4:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	28 min
Jan 9, 4:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	33 min
Jan 9, 4:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	36 min
Jan 9, 4:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	54 min
Jan 9, 4:53 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe	34 min
Jan 9, 5:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	50 min
Jan 9, 5:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	35 min
Jan 9, 5:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	44 min
Jan 9, 6:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	47 min
Jan 9, 6:29 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 5 more	9 hr
Jan 9, 6:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	43 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.