Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 10:52 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rochester, NY | ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING |
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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 060252
SVRBUF
NYC055-060330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0027.080606T0252Z-080606T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1052 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
* AT 1045 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 NEAR CHURCHVILLE...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BROCKPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCHESTER BY 1100 PM EDT...
IRONDEQUOIT BY 1105 PM EDT...
PENFIELD BY 1110 PM EDT...
WEBSTER BY 1115 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4306 7791 4310 7793 4313 7791 4315 7799
4325 7799 4326 7759 4325 7758 4325 7754
4326 7753 4326 7741 4305 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 264DEG 42KT 4315 7777
$$
TMA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 060310
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1109 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
NYC055-060330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080606T0330Z/
MONROE NY-
1109 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
AT 1108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GATES-NORTH GATES...
MOVING EAST AT 48 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
IRONDEQUOIT BY 1115 PM EDT...
PENFIELD BY 1120 PM EDT...
WEBSTER BY 1125 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4306 7747 4306 7780 4309 7781 4317 7780
4326 7759 4325 7758 4326 7751 4326 7741
4305 7737 4305 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 264DEG 42KT 4316 7765
$$
TMA000
WWUS51 KBUF 060329
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1129 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
NYC055-060339-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080606T0330Z/
MONROE NY-
1129 PM EDT THU JUN 5 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1129 PM EDT 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.
LAT...LON 4306 7747 4306 7780 4309 7781 4317 7780
4326 7759 4325 7758 4326 7751 4326 7741
4305 7737 4305 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 264DEG 42KT 4318 7733
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.