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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2005Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:01 PM EDT for Ontario 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
Jun 13, 2005, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:39 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 132302
SVRBUF
NYC069-132330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0011.050613T2301Z-050613T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
701 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CANANDAIGUA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANCHESTER BY 710 PM EDT...

THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE 
INCH POSSIBLE IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD. 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BUFFALO.

LAT...LON 4301 7744 4283 7741 4287 7700 4303 7715

$$

RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 132322
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
720 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC069-132330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050613T2330Z/
ONTARIO NY-
720 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
ONTARIO COUNTY...

AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  ONE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR AND 
ANOTHER WAS BETWEEN CLIFTON SPRINGS AND GENEVA. BOTH STORMS ARE 
MOVING NBORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES OF OVE AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES IN SOME 
AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS ALONG 
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.


LAT...LON 4301 7744 4283 7741 4287 7700 4303 7715

$$

RSH
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 132339
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
739 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC069-132349-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050613T2330Z/
ONTARIO NY-
739 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ONTARIO COUNTY EXPIRED AT 730
PM EDT...

AT 739 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4301 7744 4283 7741 4287 7700 4303 7715

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee34 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe60 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston32 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF37 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara20 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans56 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis38 min
Jun 13, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis2 hr
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston119 min

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.