Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 6, 2005Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 10:43 AM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 47 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 6, 2005, 10:43 AM EDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 9:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 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 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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 061443
SVRBUF
NYC003-061530-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0002.050606T1443Z-050606T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1043 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 1039 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLSVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  OLEAN...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOLIVAR BY 1055 AM EDT...
  RICHBURG BY 1100 AM EDT...
  SCIO BY 1125 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 4201 7805 4201 7829 4201 7829 4213 7829
      4227 7802 4224 7799 4221 7798 4219 7794
      4209 7787

$$

ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 061508
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1106 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NYC003-061530-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050606T1530Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
1106 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 1101 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WELLSVILLE PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STANNARDS BY 1110 AM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4201 7805 4201 7829 4201 7829 4213 7829
      4227 7802 4224 7799 4221 7798 4219 7794
      4209 7787

$$

ZAFF
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 061528
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1126 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

NYC003-061536-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050606T1530Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
1126 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1130 AM EDT...

THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTED TREES AND LIMBS 
DOWN AT 1055 AM IN THE TOWN OF BOLIVAR.  

LAT...LON 4201 7805 4201 7829 4201 7829 4213 7829
      4227 7802 4224 7799 4221 7798 4219 7794
      4209 7787

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 9:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jun 6, 10:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 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.