Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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 6, 3:13 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fulton, NY | WIRES 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.
- 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 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
$$
SFM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 060710
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
310 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
NYC011-075-117-060745-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080606T0745Z/
WAYNE NY-OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
310 AM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA...WEST CENTRAL OSWEGO AND NORTHERN WAYNE
COUNTIES...
AT 307 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FAIR HAVEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSWEGO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 48 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANNIBAL BY 315 AM EDT...
FULTON BY 325 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 4327 7633 4313 7720 4329 7721 4330 7715
4328 7704 4329 7698 4328 7697 4331 7691
4332 7679 4335 7675 4335 7670 4341 7665
4351 7644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 296DEG 41KT 4335 7667
$$
SFM000
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
$$
SFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 2:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min |
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.