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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 18, 2017Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2017, 8:13 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 18, 2017, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2017-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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 2017-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

519 
WUUS51 KBUF 190013 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC049-190045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0064.170619T0013Z-170619T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
813 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Lewis County in central New York...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Carthage to near Boonville, moving northeast at
  50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Lowville, Whetstone Gulf State Park, New Bremen, Watson,
  Martinsburg, Lyonsdale, Greig and Port Leyden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4344 7548 4397 7556 4397 7554 4401 7555
      4401 7550 4407 7549 4416 7531 4410 7517
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 226DEG 42KT 4405 7553 4351 7543 

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

Smith
1 follow-up statement
131 
WWUS51 KBUF 190041
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
841 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

NYC049-190051-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-170619T0045Z/
Lewis NY-
841 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4344 7548 4397 7556 4397 7554 4401 7555
      4401 7550 4407 7549 4416 7531 4410 7517
      4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 270DEG 42KT 4426 7522 4372 7512 

$$

Smith

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming29 min
Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF30 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.