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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 9:39 AM EDT for Livingston County, Monroe County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 10, 2008, 9:39 AM EDT (13:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 10:17 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 9:45 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Honeoye Falls, NY
Jun 10, 10:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pittsford, NY	TREE LIMBS AND 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 12:00Z, 1.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 101340
SVRBUF
NYC051-055-069-101430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0032.080610T1339Z-080610T1430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT

* AT 935 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 NEAR
  AVON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GENESEO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HONEOYE FALLS BY 945 AM EDT...
  VICTOR BY 955 AM EDT...
  FAIRPORT BY 1000 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4320 7740 4292 7737 4283 7776 4296 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1339Z 241DEG 38KT 4295 7767

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101401
SVSBUF

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

NYC051-101409-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080610T1430Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
959 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

LAT...LON 4288 7755 4291 7756 4292 7756 4295 7758
      4295 7759 4302 7764 4320 7740 4292 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 241DEG 38KT 4305 7742

$$

NYC055-069-101430-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080610T1430Z/
ONTARIO NY-MONROE NY-
959 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES...

AT 950 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 MENDON...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF EAST ROCHESTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 44 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MENDON AT 1002 AM EDT...
  VECTOR AT 1007 AM EDT...
  

LAT...LON 4288 7755 4291 7756 4292 7756 4295 7758
      4295 7759 4302 7764 4320 7740 4292 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 241DEG 38KT 4305 7742

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101417
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1015 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC055-069-101425-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080610T1430Z/
ONTARIO NY-MONROE NY-
1015 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1015 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 CANCELLED.  ANOTHER WARNING REMAINS 
IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4288 7755 4291 7756 4292 7756 4295 7758
      4295 7759 4302 7764 4320 7740 4292 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 241DEG 38KT 4313 7722

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		91 min
Jun 9, 11:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		31 min
Jun 10, 6:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Jun 10, 7:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	55 min
Jun 10, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		51 min
Jun 10, 9:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Wyoming	27 min
Jun 10, 10:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	44 min
Jun 10, 10:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		53 min
Jun 10, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	55 min
Jun 10, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		42 min
Jun 10, 11:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Jun 10, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	26 min
Jun 10, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		81 min
Jun 10, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	41 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	42 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Livingston, Ontario	20 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	26 min
Jun 10, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	23 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.