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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, 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, 5:03 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 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 20:58 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, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lowville, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN. GARAGE AND STORM SHED DAMAGED

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
Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 102103
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-075-102145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0038.080610T2103Z-080610T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM 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
  SELKIRK BEACH...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 63 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ADAMS BY 515 PM EDT...
  BARNES CORNERS BY 525 PM EDT...
  WEST CARTHAGE BY 535 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4366 7534 4352 7625 4353 7626 4355 7623
      4359 7621 4364 7622 4365 7621 4366 7622
      4369 7621 4377 7624 4413 7570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 237DEG 54KT 4367 7616

$$

ZAFF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102121
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-075-102145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080610T2145Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
521 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND WEST CENTRAL LEWIS
COUNTIES...

AT 516 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 ADAMS...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNES CORNERS BY 530 PM EDT...
  COPENHAGEN BY 540 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4363 7612 4378 7622 4407 7579 4366 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 236DEG 47KT 4381 7599

$$

TJP

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102143
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-049-075-102153-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-080610T2145Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-JEFFERSON NY-
543 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...
NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO AND WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM EDT...

AT 543 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...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 4363 7612 4378 7622 4407 7579 4366 7535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 236DEG 47KT 4397 7566

$$

TJP

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, 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, 5:14 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.