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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 10:41 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 6 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, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 11:36 AM EDT
In force: 55 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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, 11:05 AM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Cato, NY
Jun 10, 11:05 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fulton, NY	WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM OSWEGO TO FULTON
Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Oswego, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN. BUS SHELTER BLOWN OVER
Jun 10, 11:06 AM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 58	Oswego, NY	OSWEGO NOS SITE
Jun 10, 11:20 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Pulaski, NY	TREES DOWN
Jun 10, 11:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Sandy Creek, NY	APPROXIMATE 500 FEET LENGTH OF TREES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 10:02 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 101441
SVRBUF
NYC011-075-117-101545-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0034.080610T1441Z-080610T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1041 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1040 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF OSWEGO TO 5
  MILES SOUTH OF CLYDE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OSWEGO AND CATO BY 1055 AM EDT...
  FULTON BY 1105 AM EDT...
  PHOENIX BY 1110 AM EDT...
  SELKIRK BEACH BY 1115 AM EDT...
  PULASKI AND CENTRAL SQUARE BY 1120 AM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 4321 7593 4319 7602 4326 7618 4320 7622
      4322 7625 4320 7629 4323 7632 4323 7646
      4310 7649 4303 7692 4331 7690 4335 7670
      4341 7665 4349 7650 4353 7625 4366 7617
      4368 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 248DEG 44KT 4344 7674 4301 7677

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101514
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1114 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC117-101524-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080610T1545Z/
WAYNE NY-
1114 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4321 7593 4319 7602 4326 7618 4326 7621
      4320 7622 4322 7625 4320 7629 4323 7632
      4323 7646 4310 7649 4308 7664 4340 7666
      4349 7648 4353 7625 4366 7617 4368 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 248DEG 44KT 4359 7622 4316 7626

$$

NYC011-075-101545-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080610T1545Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
1114 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...

AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEXICO
TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO TO BALDWINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 51 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PULASKI AND PARISH AND CENTRAL SQUARE BY 1120 AM EDT...
  SANDY CREEK AND LACONA BY 1125 AM EDT...
  CONSTANTIA AND ALTMAR BY 1130 AM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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

LAT...LON 4321 7593 4319 7602 4326 7618 4326 7621
      4320 7622 4322 7625 4320 7629 4323 7632
      4323 7646 4310 7649 4308 7664 4340 7666
      4349 7648 4353 7625 4366 7617 4368 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 248DEG 44KT 4359 7622 4316 7626

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101536
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1136 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC011-075-101546-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-080610T1545Z/
OSWEGO NY-CAYUGA NY-
1136 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA AND
OSWEGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OSWEGO 
COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4321 7593 4319 7602 4326 7618 4326 7621
      4320 7622 4322 7625 4320 7629 4323 7632
      4323 7646 4310 7649 4308 7664 4340 7666
      4349 7648 4353 7625 4366 7617 4368 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 248DEG 44KT 4369 7587 4326 7592

$$

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, 9:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario	38 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, 10:48 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.