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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 16, 2008Erie County, Genesee County, Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 1:52 PM EDT for Erie County, Genesee County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 53 min. 11 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, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 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, 2:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Tonawanda, NY
Jun 16, 2:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1	North Tonawanda, NY
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Amherst, NY
Jun 16, 2:18 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Clarence, NY
Jun 16, 2:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Amherst, NY
Jun 16, 2:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Clarence, NY
Jun 16, 2:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Clarence, NY
Jun 16, 2:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Amherst, NY
Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Amherst, NY
Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Tonawanda, NY
Jun 16, 2:37 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 N Alden, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 161753
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-063-161845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0055.080616T1752Z-080616T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
152 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
  WESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAND ISLAND...OR 6 MILES WEST OF
  TONAWANDA...AND MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TONAWANDA BY 205 PM EDT...
  AMHERST BY 220 PM EDT...
  HARRIS HILL BY 225 PM EDT...
  AKRON BY 245 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 4314 7846 4313 7847 4313 7829 4292 7827
      4291 7892 4296 7893 4295 7895 4298 7902
      4302 7904 4307 7899 4308 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 265DEG 23KT 4299 7898

$$

JJR

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161821
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-037-161845-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080616T1845Z/
GENESEE NY-ERIE NY-
220 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND WESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRIS HILL...OR NEAR 
WILLIAMSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARENCE CENTER BY 225 PM EDT...
  AKRON BY 245 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 4309 7873 4308 7868 4309 7863 4307 7859
      4309 7856 4309 7847 4310 7847 4311 7829
      4292 7827 4294 7876 4307 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 265DEG 23KT 4298 7869

$$

JJR

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161845
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-037-161855-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080616T1845Z/
GENESEE NY-ERIE NY-
245 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND WESTERN
GENESEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 245 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 700 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4309 7873 4308 7868 4309 7863 4307 7859
      4309 7856 4309 7847 4310 7847 4311 7829
      4292 7827 4294 7876 4307 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 265DEG 23KT 4299 7847

$$

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, 1:06 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, 1:53 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.