Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 13, 2005Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2005, 4:28 AM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 48 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, 4:28 AM EDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2005, 5:16 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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°0°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 130828
SVRBUF
NYC075-130915-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0019.050713T0828Z-050713T0915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT

* AT 425 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 15
  MILES NORTHWEST OF REDFIELD...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  REDFIELD BY 450 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 4349 7580 4348 7582 4336 7588 4335 7599
      4367 7608 4367 7603 4371 7601 4369 7583
      4357 7577 4348 7576

$$

LEVAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 130851
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-130915-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050713T0915Z/
OSWEGO NY-
450 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR
OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 447 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 SANDY CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOYLSTON AT 455 AM EDT
  REDFIELD AT 500 AM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4349 7580 4348 7582 4336 7588 4335 7599
      4367 7608 4367 7603 4371 7601 4369 7583
      4357 7577 4348 7576

$$

LEVAN
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 130916
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-130925-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050713T0915Z/
OSWEGO NY-
515 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OSWEGO COUNTY EXPIRED AT 515
AM EDT...

WHILE THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...RADAR INDICATED 
THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE 
FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. PONDING ON AREA ROADS IS POSSIBLE AS A 
RESULT OF THE TORRENTIAL RAINS. 

LAT...LON 4349 7580 4348 7582 4336 7588 4335 7599
      4367 7608 4367 7603 4371 7601 4369 7583
      4357 7577 4348 7576

$$

LEVAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis53 min
Jul 13, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 13, 4:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson39 min
Jul 13, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jul 13, 10:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 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.