Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2008, 5:46 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
- May 3, 2008, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Colden, NY | 3 POWER POLES DOWN |
| May 3, 5:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ransomville, NY | TREE DOWN IN ROAD |
| May 3, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elma, NY | TREES DOWN |
| May 3, 6:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Royalton Center, 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 2 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 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 032147
SVRBUF
NYC029-063-032230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0025.080503T2146Z-080503T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF SANBORN TO LACKAWANNA TO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EAST CONCORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ELMA...LOCKPORT AND HARRIS HILL BY 555 PM EDT...
WALES CENTER...MARILLA AND CHAFFEE BY 600 PM EDT...
CHAFFEE...ALDEN AND AKRON BY 605 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4279 7848 4273 7845 4256 7846 4250 7879
4273 7877 4281 7888 4294 7893 4313 7904
4329 7895 4336 7873 4335 7868 4338 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 246DEG 43KT 4330 7892 4283 7875
4251 7873
$$
TMA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 032208
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
608 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008
NYC029-063-032230-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080503T2230Z/
NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
608 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ERIE AND EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM OLCOTT TO AMHERST TO ALDEN TO CHAFFEE...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF LOCKPORT TO AMHERST TO 8 MILES
EAST OF LANCASTER TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
THIRTY MILE POINT AND GASPORT AND AKRON BY 615 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4338 7849 4279 7848 4273 7845 4256 7846
4255 7853 4279 7860 4298 7877 4312 7883
4330 7887 4336 7873 4335 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 246DEG 43KT 4341 7859 4307 7866
4293 7846 4261 7840
$$
TMA000
WWUS51 KBUF 032228
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
626 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008
NYC029-063-032236-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080503T2230Z/
NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
626 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ERIE AND EASTERN
NIAGARA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
AT 626 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS ERIE AND
NIAGARA COUNTIES AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4338 7849 4279 7848 4273 7845 4256 7846
4255 7853 4279 7860 4298 7877 4312 7883
4330 7887 4336 7873 4335 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 246DEG 43KT 4349 7831 4316 7839
4301 7819 4269 7813
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 37 min | |
| May 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min |
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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.