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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 10, 2021Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 7:26 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 49 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 10, 2021, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
49 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

999 
WUUS51 KBUF 102326
SVRBUF
NYC075-110015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0095.210810T2326Z-210811T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
726 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 726 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Selkirk
  Shores State Park, or near Sandy Island Beach State Park, moving
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Sandy Island Beach State Park, Pulaski, Redfield, Selkirk Shores
  State Park, Mexico Point State Park, Richland, Mexico, Orwell,
  Sandy Creek and Lacona.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 34 and 37.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4348 7581 4344 7584 4342 7623 4356 7632
      4356 7628 4358 7626 4367 7626 4369 7620
      4368 7620 4367 7602 4371 7602 4369 7577
      4347 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 241DEG 25KT 4354 7620 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Zaff
2 follow-up statements
036 
WWUS51 KBUF 102343
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
743 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

NYC075-110015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Oswego NY-
743 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Pulaski, or 10 miles east of Sandy Island Beach State Park, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sandy Island Beach State Park, Pulaski, Selkirk Shores State Park,
Richland, Orwell, Sandy Creek, Lacona, Smartville, Port Ontario and
Salmon River Reservoir.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 36 and 37.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4351 7614 4358 7626 4367 7626 4369 7620
      4368 7620 4367 7602 4371 7602 4369 7577
      4355 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 242DEG 30KT 4361 7599 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Zaff
975 
WWUS51 KBUF 110008
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
808 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

NYC075-110017-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210811T0015Z/
Oswego NY-
808 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4351 7614 4358 7626 4367 7626 4369 7620
      4368 7620 4367 7602 4371 7602 4369 7577
      4355 7577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 241DEG 25KT 4369 7580 

$$

Zaff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua62 min
Aug 10, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Aug 10, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF75 min
Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego27 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.