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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 4:49 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 41 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, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 10:02 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1481 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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 102049
SVRBUF
NYC075-102130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0037.080610T2049Z-080610T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PHOENIX...OR 7 MILES NORTH
  OF BALDWINSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 49 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTRAL SQUARE BY 455 PM EDT...
  REDFIELD BY 520 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7581 4334 7587 4332 7585 4326 7586
      4320 7607 4326 7618 4326 7621 4320 7622
      4322 7625 4320 7629 4323 7632 4322 7637
      4328 7644 4368 7602 4349 7576 4346 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 228DEG 43KT 4329 7625

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102109
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-102130-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080610T2130Z/
OSWEGO NY-
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALTMAR...OR 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REDFIELD BY 520 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4347 7581 4345 7582 4334 7587
      4332 7585 4327 7588 4330 7610 4339 7631
      4345 7627 4367 7603 4364 7596 4350 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 228DEG 43KT 4349 7598

$$

TJP
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102126
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-102136-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080610T2130Z/
OSWEGO NY-
526 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...

AT 526 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4347 7581 4345 7582 4334 7587
      4332 7585 4327 7588 4330 7610 4339 7631
      4345 7627 4367 7603 4364 7596 4350 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 228DEG 43KT 4362 7577

$$

TJP

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, 9:18 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, 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.