Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 16, 2008Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 2:15 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report 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, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2008, 2:35 PM EDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cayuga County, NY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 2:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.75Meridian, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 571 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 161815
SVRBUF
NYC011-161915-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0057.080616T1815Z-080616T1915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CATO...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4311 7649 4304 7648 4304 7649 4307 7668
      4324 7662 4322 7648 4320 7647 4312 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 285DEG 34KT 4313 7653

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161835
SVSBUF

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

NYC011-161845-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080616T1915Z/
CAYUGA NY-
235 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 235 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 4311 7649 4304 7648 4304 7649 4307 7668
      4324 7662 4322 7648 4320 7647 4312 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 285DEG 34KT 4308 7628

$$

RSH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
Jun 15, 10:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Jun 15, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jun 16, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jun 16, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
Jun 16, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Jun 16, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe55 min
Jun 16, 12:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans56 min
Jun 16, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jun 16, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans54 min
Jun 16, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF47 min
Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne54 min
Jun 16, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara53 min
Jun 16, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne43 min
Jun 16, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne32 min
Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming44 min
Jun 16, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans37 min
Jun 16, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF28 min
Jun 16, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF28 min
Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans57 min
Jun 16, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne57 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Jun 16, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming55 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne61 min
Jun 16, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming63 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.