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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 11, 2016Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 11, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2016-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 776 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WUUS51 KBUF 110500
SVRBUF
NYC049-075-110545-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0076.160911T0500Z-160911T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
100 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.

* AT 100 AM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAR LAKE TO 9 MILES EAST OF
  WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARTHAGE...LOWVILLE...WHETSTONE GULF STATE PARK...DENMARK...
  NEW BREMEN...WATSON...MARTINSBURG AND GREIG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4369 7512 4362 7549 4353 7581 4366 7576
      4385 7575 4397 7559 4397 7554 4400 7555
      4401 7553 4401 7550 4404 7550 4417 7533
      4410 7518 4403 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 232DEG 32KT 4422 7518 4371 7530 

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

HIBBERT
1 follow-up statement
154 
WWUS51 KBUF 110544
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
144 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

NYC049-075-110554-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160911T0545Z/
LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
144 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS AND NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND ARE EXITING THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4369 7512 4362 7549 4353 7581 4366 7576
      4385 7575 4397 7559 4397 7554 4400 7555
      4401 7553 4401 7550 4404 7550 4417 7533
      4410 7518 4403 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 232DEG 32KT 4422 7518 4371 7530 

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Monroe, Orleans41 min
Sep 10, 8:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson28 min
Sep 10, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Sep 10, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus56 min
Sep 10, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Monroe48 min
Sep 10, 9:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Sep 10, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis24 min
Sep 10, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego48 min
Sep 11, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego52 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.