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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 20, 2016Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 10:53 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 20, 2016, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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 20, 10:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ssw Oswego, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD
Jun 20, 10:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNew Haven, NYTREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD
Jun 20, 11:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBrewerton, NYLARGE TREE SNAPPED... POWER POLE DOWN
Jun 20, 11:43 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse West Monroe, NYSECURED DOCK FLIPPED OVER BY WINDS IN SHAW BAY.

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 20, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

720 
WUUS51 KBUF 210253
SVRBUF
NYC075-210345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0019.160621T0253Z-160621T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1053 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1053 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BATTLE
  ISLAND STATE PARK...OR NEAR FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSWEGO...FULTON...CENTRAL SQUARE...BATTLE ISLAND STATE PARK...
  BREWERTON...MEXICO POINT STATE PARK...NINE MILE POINT AND HASTINGS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 35.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4333 7589 4332 7586 4318 7588 4322 7610
      4324 7616 4327 7620 4325 7621 4333 7661
      4335 7661 4352 7647 4352 7582 4348 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 276DEG 43KT 4338 7645 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
548 
WWUS51 KBUF 210315
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

NYC075-210345-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160621T0345Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1115 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PULASKI TO NEAR FULTON...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FULTON...CENTRAL SQUARE...BREWERTON...HASTINGS...VOLNEY...CONSTANTIA...WEST
MONROE AND PALERMO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4333 7589 4332 7586 4318 7588 4322 7610
      4324 7616 4327 7620 4325 7621 4330 7648
      4352 7620 4352 7582 4348 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 268DEG 35KT 4348 7606 4329 7633 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HITCHCOCK
138 
WWUS51 KBUF 210342
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1142 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

NYC075-210352-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160621T0345Z/
OSWEGO NY-
1142 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSWEGO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4333 7589 4332 7586 4318 7588 4322 7610
      4324 7616 4327 7620 4325 7621 4330 7648
      4352 7620 4352 7582 4348 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 276DEG 43KT 4348 7606 4329 7633 

$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF93 min
Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson56 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 20, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie34 min
Jun 20, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming45 min
Jun 20, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis62 min
Jun 20, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson37 min
Jun 20, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming49 min
Jun 20, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis64 min
Jun 20, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego27 min
Jun 20, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF39 min
Jun 20, 10:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming51 min
Jun 20, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming47 min
Jun 20, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne37 min
Jun 20, 11:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Wyoming3 hr
Jun 20, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming41 min
Jun 20, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario23 min
Jun 21, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany30 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.