Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2008, 4:54 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 63 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 29, 2008, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2008, 5:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KBUF 292054
SVRBUF
NYC117-292215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0086.080629T2054Z-080629T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
454 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 451 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTH OF PALMYRA...OR NEAR CANANDAIGUA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 38
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PALMYRA BY 500 PM EDT...
NEWARK BY 505 PM EDT...
LYONS BY 515 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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4304 7714 4304 7735 4328 7706 4329 7698
4328 7697 4331 7691 4332 7679 4335 7672
4309 7670 4307 7672 4303 7672 4301 7697
4301 7712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 230DEG 33KT 4298 7723
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 292119
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
519 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
NYC117-292215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-080629T2215Z/
WAYNE NY-
519 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RED CREEK...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER...
RURAL WAYNE COUNTY
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4304 7714 4304 7735 4328 7706 4329 7698
4328 7697 4331 7691 4332 7679 4335 7672
4309 7670 4307 7672 4303 7672 4301 7697
4301 7712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 230DEG 33KT 4322 7672
$$
APB000
WWUS51 KBUF 292158
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
558 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
NYC075-292208-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080629T2215Z/
OSWEGO NY-
558 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 558 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.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4347 7581 4342 7583 4342 7645 4353 7639
4352 7633 4355 7623 4359 7621 4366 7622
4368 7621 4367 7604 4371 7603 4369 7577
4347 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 260DEG 21KT 4381 7588 4347 7596
$$
ZAFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 84 min |
| Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 112 min | |
| Jun 29, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 103 min | |
| Jun 29, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 77 min |
| Jun 29, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 74 min |
| Jun 29, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Jun 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 79 min |
| Jun 29, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 74 min |
| Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 116 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 89 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 72 min |
| Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 22 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 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.