Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 12:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 56 min. 2 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 16, 2008, 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 16, 12:59 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lockport, NY | PENNY TO A FEW NICKEL SIZE |
| Jun 16, 1:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 N North Tonawanda, NY |
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 16, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 161606 SVRBUF NYC029-037-063-073-161700- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0052.080616T1604Z-080616T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1204 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 100 PM EDT * AT NOON EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORM WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH TONAWANDA ALONG THE ERIE NIAGARA COUNTY LINE TO ROYALTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH CLARENCE BY 1210 PM EDT... LOCKPORT BY 1215 PM EDT... ALABAMA BY 1230 PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4316 7900 4329 7804 4300 7798 4299 7897 TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 262DEG 21KT 4309 7878 $$ SFM
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 161632
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1232 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NYC029-037-063-073-161700-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080616T1700Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
1232 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHERN
ORLEANS AND NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RAPIDS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOCKPORT...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALABAMA BY 1240 PM EDT...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4318 7865 4329 7804 4301 7798 4300 7799
4307 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 260DEG 27KT 4313 7848
$$
RSH000
WWUS51 KBUF 161652
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1252 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NYC029-037-063-073-161700-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080616T1700Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
1252 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHERN
ORLEANS AND NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
AT 1250 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALABAMA...OR NEAR MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM
EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4318 7865 4329 7804 4301 7798 4300 7799
4307 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 260DEG 27KT 4316 7828
$$
RSH000
WWUS51 KBUF 161702
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
102 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
NYC029-037-063-073-161712-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080616T1700Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
102 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHERN ORLEANS AND NORTHERN GENESEE COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
AT 102 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4318 7865 4329 7804 4301 7798 4300 7799
4307 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1652Z 260DEG 27KT 4316 7828
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Jun 15, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Jun 16, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 47 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 28 min | |
| Jun 16, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 28 min | |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 45 min | |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 63 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.