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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 27, 2018Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2018, 11:46 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 27, 2018, 11:46 PM EDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2018, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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 nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2018-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 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 2018-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

364 
WUUS51 KBUF 280346
SVRBUF
NYC045-280430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0054.180828T0346Z-180828T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1146 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2018

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Jefferson County in central New York...

* Until 1230 AM EDT..

* At 1145 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cedar Point
  State Park, or 24 miles northwest of Watertown, moving southeast at
  55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Watertown, Fort Drum, Clayton, Dexter, Glen Park, Herrings,
  Wellesley Island State Park and Cedar Point State Park.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 45 and 51.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 7547 4390 7575 4412 7637 4414 7635
      4420 7631 4420 7624 4422 7619 4424 7617
      4428 7616 4430 7613 4430 7610 4434 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 295DEG 49KT 4421 7628 

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

TMA
1 follow-up statement
204 
WWUS51 KBUF 280431
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1231 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018

NYC045-280440-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-180828T0430Z/
Jefferson NY-
1231 AM EDT TUE AUG 28 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4420 7547 4390 7575 4412 7637 4414 7635
      4420 7631 4420 7624 4422 7619 4424 7617
      4428 7616 4430 7613 4430 7610 4434 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 295DEG 49KT 4396 7554 

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF49 min
Aug 28, 1:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF29 hr

Nearby

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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.