Analysis of the June 2nd, 1998
 Severe Weather Outbreak in Western New York

Impetus For Study

1. Confirmed tornadoes in our forecast area.

2. This Supercell storm had a long life cycle.

3. Moved to the right of other cells, which is an indicator of a particularly dangerous storm.

4. Interacted with lake breeze boundaries. Lake breeze may have played and important role in tornado formation

5. Supercell crossed metro Buffalo prompting a tornado warning (rare event).

1. Summary of the storm track and associated damage.

2. Synoptic scale weather pattern that produced favorable environment for tornadoes.

3. WSR-88D Loop and analysis of algorithms. 

4. Possible mesoscale effects of the Great Lakes using BUFKIT and SHARP to adapt forecast soundings and hodographs.

5. Summary and conclusions.

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