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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 2, 2016Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2016, 5:57 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
Oct 2, 2016, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 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 21:58 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

076 
WUUS51 KBUF 022157
SVRBUF
NYC075-022300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0084.161002T2157Z-161002T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
557 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 557 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL
  SQUARE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...REDFIELD...HASTINGS...CONSTANTIA...WEST MONROE...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...CLEVELAND AND PARISH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
      4316 7588 4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608
      4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620 4324 7621
      4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627 4321 7626
      4320 7628 4334 7631 4358 7578 4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 245DEG 20KT 4327 7612 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
993 
WWUS51 KBUF 022302
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
702 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

NYC075-022312-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-161002T2300Z/
OSWEGO NY-
702 PM EDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4347 7577 4348 7581 4333 7589 4332 7586
      4316 7588 4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608
      4323 7610 4324 7616 4327 7620 4324 7621
      4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627 4321 7626
      4320 7628 4334 7631 4358 7578 4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 245DEG 20KT 4327 7612 

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Oct 2, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Oct 2, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Oct 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Oct 2, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Oct 2, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne55 min
Oct 2, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Oct 2, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 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.