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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 16, 20084 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 2:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2008, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 3:32 PM EDT
In force: 37 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 161855
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-063-073-162000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0060.080616T1855Z-080616T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
255 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
  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO
  GOLF BALL SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
  LEWISTON...OR 11 MILES WEST OF NIAGARA FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEWISTON BY 310 PM EDT...
  NIAGARA FALLS BY 315 PM EDT...
  SANBORN BY 330 PM EDT...
  PENDLETON BY 340 PM EDT...
  LOCKPORT BY 345 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 7905 4324 7906 4330 7845 4303 7842
      4303 7902 4305 7902 4307 7899 4308 7906
      4309 7908 4311 7907 4313 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 266DEG 26KT 4312 7921

$$

JJR

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 161932
SVSBUF

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

NYC029-037-063-073-161942-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-080616T2000Z/
GENESEE NY-ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
332 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ERIE...NIAGARA...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

AT 332 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 CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4314 7905 4324 7906 4330 7845 4303 7842
      4303 7902 4305 7902 4307 7899 4308 7906
      4309 7908 4311 7907 4313 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 266DEG 26KT 4314 7884

$$

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, 1:52 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, 2:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.