Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 7:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 63 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, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Darien Center, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 162329 SVRBUF NYC029-037-051-121-170030- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0065.080616T2327Z-080617T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 727 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK WESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 725 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 NEAR ALDEN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 32 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BENNINGTON BY 735 PM EDT... ATTICA BY 745 PM EDT... WARSAW BY 805 PM EDT... PERRY BY 815 PM EDT... MOUNT MORRIS BY 825 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4283 7771 4258 7782 4284 7873 4300 7864 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 287DEG 27KT 4287 7848 $$ JJR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 162357 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 757 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 NYC029-170007- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080617T0030Z/ ERIE NY- 757 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4272 7832 4292 7823 4283 7771 4258 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 287DEG 27KT 4280 7819 $$ NYC037-051-121-170030- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080617T0030Z/ WYOMING NY-LIVINGSTON NY-GENESEE NY- 757 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE...WESTERN LIVINGSTON AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES... AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARSAW...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF BATAVIA...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WYOMING BY 805 PM EDT... PERRY BY 815 PM EDT... MOUNT MORRIS BY 825 PM EDT... SONYEA BY 830 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4272 7832 4292 7823 4283 7771 4258 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 287DEG 27KT 4280 7819 $$ JJR
000 WWUS51 KBUF 170029 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 829 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 NYC037-051-121-170039- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080617T0030Z/ WYOMING NY-LIVINGSTON NY-GENESEE NY- 829 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GENESEE... WESTERN LIVINGSTON AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT... AT 829 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4272 7832 4292 7823 4283 7771 4258 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 287DEG 27KT 4273 7788 $$ 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, 2:55 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.