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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 17, 2019Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2019, 2:22 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 38 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 17, 2019, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

462 
WUUS51 KBUF 171822
SVRBUF
NYC075-171900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0091.190817T1822Z-190817T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
222 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Oswego County in central New York...

* Until 300 PM EDT..

* At 222 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cicero, or 8
  miles north of Syracuse, moving east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Oneida Lake, Constantia, Cleveland, Bernhards Bay, Lower South Bay 
  and Lakeport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Oneida Lake, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4315 7588 4316 7592 4317 7593 4318 7599
      4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608 4322 7608
      4323 7612 4324 7614 4322 7620 4321 7620
      4322 7621 4323 7621 4325 7614 4332 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 262DEG 28KT 4315 7610 

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

Hitchcock

2 follow-up statements

061 
WWUS51 KBUF 171839
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
239 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

NYC075-171900-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-190817T1900Z/
Oswego NY-
239 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

At 238 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bridgeport, or
11 miles southwest of Camden, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Oneida Lake, Constantia, Cleveland, Bernhards Bay and Lakeport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Oneida Lake, get away from the water and move indoors 
or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles 
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now!  Do not 
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4315 7588 4316 7592 4317 7593 4318 7599
      4318 7600 4320 7604 4327 7606 4332 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 258DEG 30KT 4320 7588 

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

Hitchcock

815 
WWUS51 KBUF 171900
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
300 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

NYC075-171910-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-190817T1900Z/
Oswego NY-
300 PM EDT Sat Aug 17 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4315 7588 4316 7592 4317 7593 4318 7599
      4318 7600 4320 7604 4327 7606 4332 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 270DEG 28KT 4322 7570 

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 10:14 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 min
Aug 17, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	44 min
Aug 17, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	35 min
Aug 17, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	56 min
Aug 17, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming	53 min
Aug 17, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	47 min
Aug 17, 12:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Ontario	38 min
Aug 17, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario	44 min
Aug 17, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	40 min
Aug 17, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wyoming	57 min
Aug 17, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	56 min
Aug 17, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	27 min
Aug 17, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	42 min
Aug 17, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	47 min
Aug 17, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	33 min
Aug 17, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	54 min
Aug 17, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		39 min
Aug 17, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara, Orleans	41 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.