Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2005, 8:55 AM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 14, 2005, 8:55 AM EDT (12:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2005, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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 141256
SVRBUF
NYC045-141330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0020.050714T1255Z-050714T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
855 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM EDT

* AT 850 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
  WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERTOWN BY 900 AM EDT...

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 4396 7562 4389 7573 4388 7584 4378 7579
      4379 7582 4381 7581 4384 7584 4381 7587
      4389 7610 4404 7602

$$

TAN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 141328
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
927 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC045-141337-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050714T1330Z/
JEFFERSON NY-
927 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT
930 AM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS THAT CROSSED JEFFERSON COUNTY HAVE NOW MOVED SOUTHEAST 
INTO LEWIS COUNTY.  THEREFORE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 4396 7562 4389 7573 4388 7584 4378 7579
      4379 7582 4381 7581 4384 7584 4381 7587
      4389 7610 4404 7602

$$

TAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Allegany	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Jul 14, 2:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Jul 14, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	64 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	49 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		46 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	42 min
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	30 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	52 min
Jul 14, 5:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Lewis	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	37 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	59 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Monroe	3 hr

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.