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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 6, 2008Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2008, 2:45 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 60 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 6, 2008, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2008, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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 6, 3:13 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGFulton, NYWIRES 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 060648
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-060745-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.080606T0645Z-080606T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
245 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  WEST CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10     
  MILES NORTH OF SODUS...OR 25 MILES WEST OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING     
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SODUS BAY BY 300 AM EDT  
  FAIR HAVEN BY 310 AM EDT
  OSWEGO BY 325 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4327 7633 4313 7720 4329 7721 4330 7715
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4331 7691
      4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
      4351 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 278DEG 32KT 4347 7699

$$

SFM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 060710
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
310 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

NYC011-075-117-060745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080606T0745Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
310 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...WEST CENTRAL OSWEGO AND NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...

AT 307 AM 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 FAIR HAVEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANNIBAL BY 315 AM EDT...
  FULTON BY 325 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4327 7633 4313 7720 4329 7721 4330 7715
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4331 7691
      4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
      4351 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 296DEG 41KT 4335 7667

$$

SFM
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 060736
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
336 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

NYC011-075-117-060746-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080606T0745Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
336 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...WEST
CENTRAL OSWEGO AND NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM
EDT...

AT 336 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA 
AND MOVED SOUTHEAST TOWARD SYRACUSE...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE  
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4327 7633 4313 7720 4329 7721 4330 7715
      4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4331 7691
      4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
      4351 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 296DEG 38KT 4321 7637

$$

SFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe38 min
Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 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.