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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 23, 2008Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 3:40 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 80 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 23, 2008, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 4:00 PM EDTHAIL 0.882 E Ellicottville, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2008-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2008-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 231940
SVRBUF
NYC009-232100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0069.080623T1940Z-080623T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
340 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ASHFORD HOLLOW TO 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17
  MILES NORTH OF SALAMANCA TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHFORD BY 350 PM EDT...
  FRANKLINVILLE BY 405 PM EDT...
  SALAMANCA BY 415 PM EDT...
  ALLEGANY PARK BY 430 PM EDT...
  HINSDALE BY 455 PM EDT...
  ST. BONAVENTURE...OLEAN AND WESTON MILLS BY 500 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4200 7906 4225 7906 4253 7843 4252 7831
      4200 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 301DEG 14KT 4238 7856 4220 7899

$$

TMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 232008
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
408 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYC009-232100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080623T2100Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
408 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF LIME
LAKE-MACHIAS TO RANDOLPH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES
NORTH OF OLEAN TO 13 MILES WEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 16
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLINVILLE BY 415 PM EDT...
  SALAMANCA BY 425 PM EDT...
  ISCHUA AND ALLEGANY PARK BY 440 PM EDT...
  HINSDALE AND ALLEGANY AND LIMESTONE BY 500 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4200 7906 4222 7906 4253 7839 4252 7831
      4200 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 301DEG 14KT 4242 7833 4213 7896

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 232058
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
457 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

NYC009-232107-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080623T2100Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
457 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 500 PM EDT...

AT 457 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.

LAT...LON 4200 7906 4222 7906 4253 7839 4252 7831
      4200 7831
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 301DEG 14KT 4232 7811 4203 7874

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 1:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua3 hr
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany60 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne54 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.