Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2005, 4:08 AM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2005, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2005, 4:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Adams, NY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 130808 SVRBUF NYC045-130845- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0018.050713T0808Z-050713T0845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 408 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 445 AM EDT * AT 403 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDERSON HARBOR...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ADAMS CENTER BY 415 AM EDT... ADAMS BY 420 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 4397 7601 4393 7625 4369 7619 4372 7590 $$ LEVAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 130833 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 431 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 NYC045-130845- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050713T0845Z/ JEFFERSON NY- 431 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 429 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORMS WERE EXTENDED FROM SACKETTS HARBOR TO LORRAINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE... IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 445 AM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4397 7601 4393 7625 4369 7619 4372 7590 $$ LEVAN
000 WWUS51 KBUF 130847 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 446 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 NYC045-130856- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050713T0845Z/ JEFFERSON NY- 446 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 AM EDT... WHILE THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4397 7601 4393 7625 4369 7619 4372 7590 $$ LEVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 1:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jul 13, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jul 13, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.