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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 16, 20084 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 1:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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, 1:06 PM EDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 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), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 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
Jun 16, 1:10 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 N North Tonawanda, NY
Jun 16, 1:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1	North Tonawanda, NY
Jun 16, 2:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1	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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 161707
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-063-073-161800-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0053.080616T1706Z-080616T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
106 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
  NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 103 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR NORTH TONAWANDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 27 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PENDLETON BY 120 PM EDT...
  AMHERST BY 125 PM EDT...
  AKRON BY 150 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4315 7903 4325 7822 4299 7819 4298 7900
      4306 7901 4307 7899 4307 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 269DEG 23KT 4307 7888

$$

JJR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161733
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
132 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NYC029-037-063-073-161800-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080616T1800Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
132 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS
AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...

AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AKRON BY 150 PM EDT...
  ALABAMA BY 200 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4308 7876 4307 7876 4319 7875 4325 7822
      4299 7819 4300 7875 4298 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 269DEG 23KT 4307 7865

$$

JJR

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161755
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
155 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NYC029-037-063-073-161805-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080616T1800Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
155 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...

AT 155 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT INITIALLY 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 4308 7876 4307 7876 4319 7875 4325 7822
      4299 7819 4300 7875 4298 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 269DEG 23KT 4307 7839

$$

JJR

The 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, 12:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans	56 min
Jun 16, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		58 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

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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.