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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 4, 2018Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2018, 4:27 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 33 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: May 4, 2018, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

310 
WUUS51 KBUF 042027
SVRBUF
NYC049-042100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0005.180504T2027Z-180504T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
427 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 427 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lowville, or
  17 miles southeast of Fort Drum, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage 
           to trees and power lines. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Denmark, New Bremen, Harrisville, Croghan, Castorland, Belfort,
  Soft Maple Reservoir and Bellwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4379 7570 4386 7570 4397 7554 4416 7531
      4410 7517 4388 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 248DEG 53KT 4383 7561 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Zaff

1 follow-up statement

110 
WWUS51 KBUF 042042
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
442 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

NYC049-042100-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180504T2100Z/
Lewis NY-
442 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...

At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Lowville, or 21 miles southeast of Fort Drum, moving northeast at 50
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to 
         trees and power lines. 

Locations impacted include...
New Bremen, Harrisville, Croghan, Castorland, Belfort, Soft Maple
Reservoir, Kirschnerville and Beaver Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4381 7557 4416 7531 4410 7517 4388 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 246DEG 45KT 4391 7538 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Zaff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 12:20 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BUF	Erie, Jefferson, Niagara	5 hr
May 4, 3:58 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more	19 hr
May 4, 4:02 AM EDT	Gale Warning	BUF		16 hr
May 4, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming	57 min
May 4, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	55 min
May 4, 4:04 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Niagara, Orleans	7 hr
May 4, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	40 min
May 4, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne	35 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
May 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	22 min
May 4, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	61 min
May 4, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	58 min
May 4, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	61 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.