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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 29, 2008Wayne County, New York

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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 2008-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 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

$$

APB
000 
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

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus84 min
Jun 29, 1:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF112 min
Jun 29, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 min
Jun 29, 1:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF103 min
Jun 29, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara77 min
Jun 29, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara74 min
Jun 29, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans53 min
Jun 29, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jun 29, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie35 min
Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe27 min
Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming65 min
Jun 29, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Wyoming56 min
Jun 29, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario79 min
Jun 29, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne21 min
Jun 29, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson74 min
Jun 29, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF116 min
Jun 29, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego48 min
Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua47 min
Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis72 min
Jun 29, 5:39 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua41 min
Jun 29, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson22 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.