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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 11:20 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 12:15 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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, 11:20 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
Jun 10, 12:15 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Lorraine, NY	TREES DOWN TOO
Jun 10, 12:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Croghan, NY	* 1 FATAL * LOGGER KILLED BY FALLING TREES
Jun 10, 12:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lorraine, NY	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

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 1481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 101521
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-101615-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0035.080610T1520Z-080610T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1120 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF 
  PULASKI TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTRAL SQUARE...AND MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ADAMS BY 1125 AM EDT...
  REDFIELD AND BARNES CORNERS BY 1135 AM EDT...
  WEST CARTHAGE BY 1145 AM EDT...
  CARTHAGE...HIGHMARKET AND LOWVILLE BY 1150 AM EDT...
  INDIAN RIVER BY NOON 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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

LAT...LON 4342 7558 4347 7581 4333 7587 4324 7614
      4326 7620 4322 7621 4320 7629 4344 7618
      4374 7623 4414 7533 4401 7515 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 244DEG 53KT 4373 7608 4349 7605
          4326 7618

$$

RSH

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101540
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1140 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC045-049-075-101615-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080610T1615Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
1140 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND LEWIS
COUNTIES...

AT 1132 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BARNES CORNERS TO REDFIELD
TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF ALTMAR...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
SOUTH OF WATERTOWN TO 16 MILES NORTH OF CAMDEN TO 11 MILES WEST OF
CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COPENHAGEN AND WEST CARTHAGE BY 1145 AM EDT...
  CARTHAGE AND HIGHMARKET AND MARTINSBURG BY 1150 AM EDT...
  NATURAL BRIDGE AND CROGHAN BY 1155 AM EDT...
  INDIAN RIVER AND TURIN AND LYONS FALLS BY NOON EDT...
  PORT LEYDEN BY 1205 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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

LAT...LON 4342 7558 4347 7581 4340 7584 4341 7618
      4375 7618 4414 7533 4401 7515 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 244DEG 53KT 4386 7571 4361 7568
          4339 7582

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101609
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1208 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC075-101618-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080610T1615Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1208 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

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

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

LAT...LON 4342 7558 4347 7576 4352 7577 4398 7563
      4414 7533 4401 7515 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 240DEG 49KT 4405 7525 4381 7523
          4360 7542

$$

NYC045-049-101615-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080610T1615Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
1208 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT NOON EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM INDIAN 
RIVER TO MARTINSBURG TO HIGHMARKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4342 7558 4347 7576 4352 7577 4398 7563
      4414 7533 4401 7515 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1608Z 240DEG 49KT 4405 7525 4381 7523
          4360 7542

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 101618
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1218 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

NYC045-049-101628-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-080610T1615Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
1218 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON
AND LEWIS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 1218 PM 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.

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

LAT...LON 4342 7558 4347 7576 4352 7577 4398 7563
      4414 7533 4401 7515 4364 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 240DEG 49KT 4725 6620 4701 6622
          4680 6645

$$

RSH

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, 10:41 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, 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.