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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 7:05 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2008, 7:05 AM EDT (11:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 519 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 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 101106
SVRBUF
NYC013-101200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0030.080610T1105Z-080610T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
705 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 704 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF FINDLEY LAKE...OR 30 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FINDLEY LAKE BY 710 AM EDT...
  MAYVILLE BY 725 AM EDT...
  BROCTON BY 740 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4227 7977 4231 7966 4240 7949 4247 7941
      4247 7938 4250 7936 4251 7932 4215 7933
      4200 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 238DEG 51KT 4210 7980

$$

SFM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101136
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
735 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC013-101200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080610T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
735 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 732 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MAYVILLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDONIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 59 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STOCKTON BY 740 AM EDT...
  FREDONIA BY 750 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4227 7977 4231 7966 4240 7949 4247 7941
      4247 7938 4250 7936 4251 7932 4215 7933
      4200 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1135Z 238DEG 51KT 4231 7943

$$

SFM
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101158
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
759 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC013-101209-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-080610T1200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
759 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 AM EDT...

AT 759 AM 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 4227 7977 4231 7966 4240 7949 4247 7941
      4247 7938 4250 7936 4251 7932 4215 7933
      4200 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 238DEG 51KT 4249 7904

$$

SFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF91 min
Jun 9, 11:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF31 min
Jun 10, 6:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 10, 7:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Jun 10, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming27 min
Jun 10, 9:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario38 min
Jun 10, 10:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Ontario, Wayne44 min
Jun 10, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jun 10, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne55 min
Jun 10, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Jun 10, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego55 min
Jun 10, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis26 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF81 min
Jun 10, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego41 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego42 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Ontario20 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis26 min
Jun 10, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.