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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 16, 2008Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 1:53 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 2:36 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 104 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, 2:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 S Penfield, NY
Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Fairport, NY
Jun 16, 2:18 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Se Fairport, NY
Jun 16, 2:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Fairport, 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 102 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 161753 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC055-117-161900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0056.080616T1753Z-080616T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
153 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 152 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
  GATES...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST ROCHESTER BY 200 PM EDT...
  PENFIELD BY 205 PM EDT...
  WEBSTER BY 210 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4328 7733 4306 7731 4308 7775 4320 7777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 268DEG 27KT 4317 7759

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161813
SVSBUF

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

NYC055-117-161900-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080616T1900Z/
WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
213 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WEBSTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WAYNE COUNTY

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

LAT...LON 4307 7756 4321 7751 4328 7733 4324 7733
      4323 7733 4307 7731 4306 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 268DEG 27KT 4317 7738

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161836
SVSBUF

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

NYC055-117-161847-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080616T1900Z/
WAYNE NY-MONROE NY-
237 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 237 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 CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4307 7756 4321 7751 4328 7733 4324 7733
      4323 7733 4307 7731 4306 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 268DEG 27KT 4318 7713

$$

RSH

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, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Niagara	53 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.