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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 26, 2008Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 8:40 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 65 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 26, 2008, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2008, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 350 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 270041
SVRBUF
NYC013-270145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0072.080627T0040Z-080627T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
840 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLEY  
  LAKE TO 11 MILES WEST OF CLYMER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FINDLEY LAKE BY 850 PM EDT...
  CLYMER BY 855 PM EDT...
  WESTFIELD BY 905 PM EDT...
  CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE AND MAYVILLE BY 910 PM EDT...
  LAKEWOOD BY 925 PM EDT...

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. 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 4208 7977 4226 7977 4227 7977 4231 7966
      4234 7961 4242 7936 4199 7927 4199 7976
      4200 7977 4208 7978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 258DEG 32KT 4221 7986 4200 7984

$$

HITCHCOCK
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 270104
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
904 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

NYC013-270145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080627T0145Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
904 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHERMAN TO CLYMER...MOVING 
EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYVILLE AND CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE AND PANAMA BY 910 PM EDT...
  BEMUS POINT BY 920 PM EDT...
  STOCKTON AND LAKEWOOD BY 925 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4199 7974 4228 7971 4242 7936 4200 7927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 262DEG 31KT 4223 7957 4201 7959

$$

HITCHCOCK
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 270118
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
916 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

NYC013-270145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080627T0145Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
916 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT 
FOR WEST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 915 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BEMUS POINT TO 6 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF PANAMA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BEMUS POINT AND CHAUTAUQUA LAKE BY 920 PM EDT.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4200 7927 4200 7959 4220 7957 4230 7933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 263DEG 34KT 4222 7937 4202 7939

$$

HITCHCOCK
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 270136
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
935 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

NYC013-270145-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-080627T0145Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
935 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA 
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...

AT 935 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT 
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AND CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. 

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4200 7927 4200 7959 4220 7957 4230 7933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 263DEG 34KT 4224 7913 4204 7915

$$

HITCHCOCK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 8:27 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 8:27 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.