Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2008, 5:31 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 37 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2008, 6:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Adams, NY | TREE 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 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 262132
SVRBUF
NYC045-262230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0024.080426T2131Z-080426T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
531 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 529 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 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SOUTHWICK
BEACH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANNSVILLE AND ELLISBURG BY 540 PM EDT...
LORRAINE BY 545 PM EDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH NEAR OSWEGO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4394 7592 4383 7584 4380 7585 4380 7583
4370 7578 4369 7591 4371 7602 4368 7603
4367 7611 4367 7621 4368 7623 4377 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 232DEG 40KT 4368 7614
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 262148
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
NYC045-262230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080426T2230Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
546 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY...
AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANNSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ADAMS AT 550 PM EDT...
LORRAINE AT 555 PM EDT...
THE STRONG WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT WELL AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. DO
NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER TO SEEK SHELTER
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4383 7584 4380 7585 4380 7583 4370 7578
4369 7591 4371 7602 4368 7603 4367 7621
4368 7623 4377 7624 4394 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 232DEG 40KT 4378 7596
$$
HITCHCOCK000
WWUS51 KBUF 262208
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
607 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
NYC045-262217-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080426T2230Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
607 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
AT 607 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
IF YOU HAVE OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER OR WIND DAMAGE...PLEASE REPORT
IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BUFFALO.
LAT...LON 4383 7584 4380 7585 4380 7583 4370 7578
4369 7591 4371 7602 4368 7603 4367 7621
4368 7623 4377 7624 4394 7592
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 232DEG 40KT 4392 7570
$$
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, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 45 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, 5:32 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.