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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 8, 2016Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2016, 2:44 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
Sep 8, 2016, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2016, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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
Sep 8, 3:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPort Leyden, NYGARAGE DOWN... MCDONALD RD.
Sep 8, 3:09 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPort Leyden, NYMULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN MCDONALD RD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2016-09-08Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

060 
WUUS51 KBUF 081844
SVRBUF
NYC049-081945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0061.160908T1844Z-160908T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
244 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.

* AT 243 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF REDFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOWVILLE...HIGHMARKET...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...NEW BREMEN...
  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 4347 7574 4347 7575 4382 7573
      4391 7515 4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 260DEG 33KT 4374 7561 4348 7567 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

THOMAS
2 follow-up statements
435 
WWUS51 KBUF 081915
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
315 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

NYC049-081945-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160908T1945Z/
LEWIS NY-
315 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 314 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF LOWVILLE TO NEAR BOONVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...WATSON...MARTINSBURG...LYONSDALE...
GREIG...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS AND CONSTABLEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4343 7552 4364 7551 4379 7546 4391 7515
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 259DEG 32KT 4377 7528 4351 7534 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

THOMAS
243 
WWUS51 KBUF 081945
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
345 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

NYC049-081954-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160908T1945Z/
LEWIS NY-
345 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4343 7552 4364 7551 4379 7546 4391 7515
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 260DEG 33KT 4377 7528 4351 7534 

$$

THOMAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 10:34 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie21 hr
Sep 8, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego51 min
Sep 8, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego35 min
Sep 8, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Sep 8, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua64 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.