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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2011Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 10:10 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 17 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 8, 2011, 10:10 PM EDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2011, 10:27 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 10:18 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Lyons, NY	AT 911 DISPATCH CENTER

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 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.

089 
WUUS51 KBUF 090210
SVRBUF
NYC117-090245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0042.110609T0210Z-110609T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1010 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 1005 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 NEAR
  NEWARK...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF GENEVA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLYDE...
  SAVANNAH...

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 4304 7717 4304 7718 4319 7712 4317 7671
      4316 7670 4307 7671 4304 7672 4303 7671
      4302 7672 4301 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 282DEG 34KT 4308 7702

$$

HITCHCOCK

1 follow-up statement

227 
WWUS51 KBUF 090227
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1027 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

NYC117-090237-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110609T0245Z/
WAYNE NY-
1027 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1027 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4304 7717 4304 7718 4319 7712 4317 7671
      4316 7670 4307 7671 4304 7672 4303 7671
      4302 7672 4301 7689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 282DEG 34KT 4304 7681

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		64 min
Jun 8, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Jun 8, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	52 min
Jun 8, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	62 min
Jun 8, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	43 min
Jun 8, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	25 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min

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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.