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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 9:18 AM EDT for Livingston County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 27 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, 9:18 AM EDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 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 12:00Z on 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 101318
SVRBUF
NYC051-121-101345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0031.080610T1318Z-080610T1345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 909 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 SOUTHWEST OF YORK...OR 12 MILES WEST OF GENESEO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YORK BY 925 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4284 7810 4288 7800 4287 7799 4287 7796
      4290 7795 4298 7777 4276 7774 4275 7804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 248DEG 35KT 4282 7794

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101333
SVSBUF

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

NYC121-101342-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080610T1345Z/
WYOMING NY-
932 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4291 7793 4295 7784 4297 7777 4285 7776
      4284 7775 4279 7775 4278 7774 4275 7782
      4276 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 248DEG 35KT 4287 7777

$$

NYC051-101345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080610T1345Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
932 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

AT 927 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 YORK...OR NEAR GENESEO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YORK AT 932 AM EDT

LAT...LON 4291 7793 4295 7784 4297 7777 4285 7776
      4284 7775 4279 7775 4278 7774 4275 7782
      4276 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 248DEG 35KT 4287 7777

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101344
SVSBUF

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

NYC051-101353-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-080610T1345Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
943 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT...

AT 943 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA 
AND IS NOW MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY WHERE A NEW 
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 4291 7793 4295 7784 4297 7777 4285 7776
      4284 7775 4279 7775 4278 7774 4275 7782
      4276 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 248DEG 35KT 4291 7763

$$

ZAFF

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, 7:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua55 min
Jun 10, 7:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 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.