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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 10, 2008Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 5:37 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 23 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, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lewis County, NY

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 102137
SVRBUF
NYC049-102200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0041.080610T2137Z-080610T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 534 PM 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 14 MILES NORTH OF HIGHMARKET TO
  15 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHMARKET...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23
  MILES NORTH OF BOONVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTH OF ROME...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 46 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT LEYDEN AND LYONS FALLS BY 545 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4342 7553 4343 7561 4375 7550 4379 7513
      4362 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 285DEG 40KT 4378 7545 4336 7550

$$

ZAFF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 102200
SVSBUF

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

NYC049-102210-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080610T2200Z/
LEWIS NY-
600 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 600 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 4342 7553 4343 7561 4375 7550 4379 7513
      4362 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 285DEG 40KT 4371 7511 4329 7516

$$

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, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego41 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.