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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 1, 2016Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2016, 7:26 PM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 1, 2016, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

992 
WUUS51 KBUF 012326
SVRBUF
NYC049-075-020030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0026.160701T2326Z-160702T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
726 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 726 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK TO NEAR REDFIELD...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOWVILLE...REDFIELD...HIGHMARKET...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...
  WATSON...MARTINSBURG...LYONSDALE AND GREIG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4343 7584 4344 7584
      4369 7579 4369 7577 4371 7577 4387 7514
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 250DEG 35KT 4373 7557 4350 7575 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WOOD
2 follow-up statements
670 
WWUS51 KBUF 012359
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
759 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NYC075-020008-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
OSWEGO NY-
759 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

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

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4346 7544 4346 7549 4380 7540 4387 7514
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 258DEG 32KT 4383 7517 4351 7537 

$$

NYC049-020030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
LEWIS NY-
759 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 758 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF BIG MOOSE TO NEAR BOONVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONSDALE...GREIG...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS...CONSTABLEVILLE...
TURIN...TALCOTTVILLE AND BRANTINGHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4346 7544 4346 7549 4380 7540 4387 7514
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 258DEG 32KT 4383 7517 4351 7537 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WOOD
084 
WWUS51 KBUF 020025
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
825 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NYC049-020035-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
LEWIS NY-
825 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4346 7544 4346 7549 4380 7540 4387 7514
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 250DEG 35KT 4383 7517 4351 7537 

$$

WOOD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:38 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie17 hr
Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego63 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua43 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus40 min
Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis33 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara41 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Niagara, Orleans25 min
Jul 1, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming32 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee26 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe30 min
Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.