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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 5, 2008Monroe County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 11:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRochester, NYROOF 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

TMA
2 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

$$

TMA
000 
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

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jun 6, 2:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne60 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.