Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2005, 12:10 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 53 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
Jul 13, 2005, 12:10 AM EDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2005, 1:03 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2005-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 936 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 2005-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1238 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 130410
SVRBUF
NYC049-130500-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0017.050713T0410Z-050713T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1210 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1209 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF INDIAN RIVER...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 1220 AM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4415 7518 4415 7543 4380 7547 4380 7516

$$

LEVAN
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 130429
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1228 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

NYC049-130500-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050713T0500Z/
LEWIS NY-
1228 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...

AT 1226 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CROGHAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 1240 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 4415 7518 4415 7543 4380 7547 4380 7516

$$

LEVAN
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 130444
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1242 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

NYC049-130500-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050713T0500Z/
LEWIS NY-
1242 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR LEWIS
COUNTY...

AT 1239 AM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
HARRISVILLE TO WATSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 1255 AM EDT...
  CROGHAN BY 100 AM EDT...

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS OF UP TO 
AN INCH AN HOUR. BE ALERT FOR PONDING ON AREA ROADS.

LAT...LON 4415 7518 4415 7543 4380 7547 4380 7516

$$

LEVAN
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 130503
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
102 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

NYC049-130512-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050713T0500Z/
LEWIS NY-
102 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 100 AM
EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT WHILE THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...HEAVY 
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS 
EASTERN LEWIS COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4415 7518 4415 7543 4380 7547 4380 7516

$$

LEVAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 13, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson39 min
Jul 13, 4:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego48 min
Jul 13, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 13, 10:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.