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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2011Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 5:39 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 26 min. 7 reports 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 8, 2011, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 6:05 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 8, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCarthage, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGCroghan, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDiana Center, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBeaver Falls, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNew Bremen, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLowville, NYTREES DOWN
Jun 8, 5:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWatson, NYTREES DOWN

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2011-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

078 
WUUS51 KBUF 082139
SVRBUF
NYC045-049-082245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0038.110608T2139Z-110608T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
539 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 537 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  NORTH OF CARTHAGE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 70 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CROGHAN...
  DIANA...
  INDIAN RIVER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4383 7586 4424 7552 4422 7543 4410 7516
      4369 7511 4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 284DEG 61KT 4405 7553

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
855 
WWUS51 KBUF 082154
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
554 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

NYC045-082203-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110608T2245Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
554 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4377 7556 4419 7538 4410 7516 4369 7511
      4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 284DEG 61KT 4396 7528

$$

NYC049-082245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110608T2245Z/
LEWIS NY-
554 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIAN RIVER...OR 22
MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CROGHAN...
  WATSON...
  NUMBER FOUR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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 4377 7556 4419 7538 4410 7516 4369 7511
      4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 284DEG 61KT 4396 7528

$$

HITCHCOCK
354 
WWUS51 KBUF 082205
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
605 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

NYC049-082215-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110608T2245Z/
LEWIS NY-
605 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 605 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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4377 7556 4419 7538 4410 7516 4369 7511
      4366 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 284DEG 61KT 4390 7501

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 min
Jun 8, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie61 min
Jun 8, 3:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua68 min
Jun 8, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF69 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson63 min
Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis46 min
Jun 8, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis60 min
Jun 8, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF72 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.