Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2008, 3:48 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 26, 2008, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2008, 4:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Walworth, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 261950
SVRBUF
NYC117-262045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0022.080426T1948Z-080426T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
348 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
* AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES WEST OF ONTARIO...OR NEAR EAST ROCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ONTARIO BY 405 PM EDT...
WILLIAMSON BY 415 PM EDT...
PULTNEYVILLE BY 420 PM EDT...
SODUS BY 430 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4329 7705 4329 7697 4322 7694 4309 7736
4314 7736 4315 7738 4329 7738 4331 7733
4329 7731 4330 7706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 250DEG 26KT 4317 7746
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
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WWUS51 KBUF 262014
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
413 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
NYC117-262045-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080426T2045Z/
WAYNE NY-
413 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 411 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ONTARIO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PULTNEYVILLE BY 420 PM EDT...
SODUS BY 430 PM EDT...
SODUS POINT BY 435 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4329 7705 4329 7697 4322 7694 4309 7736
4314 7736 4315 7738 4329 7738 4331 7733
4329 7731 4330 7706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 250DEG 26KT 4323 7723
$$
HITCHCOCK000
WWUS51 KBUF 262033
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
432 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
NYC117-262042-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080426T2045Z/
WAYNE NY-
432 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 432 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 CANCELLED.
THIS STORM WILL STILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS
HAVE PASSED.
LAT...LON 4329 7705 4329 7697 4322 7694 4309 7736
4314 7736 4315 7738 4329 7738 4331 7733
4329 7731 4330 7706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 250DEG 26KT 4328 7705
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Apr 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 3 hr |
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.