Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2008, 5:51 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 54 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, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 23, 6:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Lyons, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 232152
SVRBUF
NYC117-232245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0071.080623T2151Z-080623T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
551 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEWARK...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING EAST AT
18 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LYONS BY 610 PM EDT...
CLYDE AND ROSE BY 630 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.
LAT...LON 4303 7714 4304 7714 4305 7722 4315 7721
4323 7676 4302 7677 4301 7693 4300 7694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 273DEG 16KT 4308 7711
$$
HITCHCOCK3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 232221
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
619 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
NYC117-232245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080623T2245Z/
WAYNE NY-
619 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LYONS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CLYDE AND ROSE BY 635 PM EDT...
THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT THE ERIE CANAL BETWEEN LYONS AND THE
MONTEZUMA WILDLIFE REFUGE. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF POSSIBLE
AND REMAIN BELOW DECK.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4301 7697 4301 7700 4302 7704 4315 7705
4323 7676 4302 7677 4301 7693 4300 7694
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 273DEG 16KT 4307 7697
$$
HITCHCOCK000 WWUS51 KBUF 232235 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 634 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NYC117-232245- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080623T2245Z/ WAYNE NY- 634 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY... AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLYDE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 620 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WITH THIS STORM IN LYONS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLYDE BY 640 PM EDT... SAVANNA BY 645 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. LAT...LON 4313 7697 4323 7676 4302 7677 4301 7694 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 273DEG 16KT 4307 7688 $$ HITCHCOCK
000 WWUS51 KBUF 232248 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 648 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 NYC117-232258- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-080623T2245Z/ WAYNE NY- 648 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 648 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO. LAT...LON 4313 7697 4323 7676 4302 7677 4301 7694 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 273DEG 16KT 4307 7687 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Jun 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 80 min |
| Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 60 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.