Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2005, 8:57 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 64 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 14, 2005, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2005, 10:01 AM EDT
In force: 64 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), 9 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 9:44 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Watson, NY	LARGE TREE DOWN ON RIVER RD.

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 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 141258
SVRBUF
NYC049-141400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0021.050714T1257Z-050714T1400Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 856 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF     
  OF WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARNES CORNERS BY 915 AM EDT...
  COPENHAGEN BY 920 AM EDT...
  LOWVILLE BY 940 AM EDT...
  MARTINSBURG BY 945 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 4359 7520 4344 7554 4348 7573 4364 7575
      4381 7579 4381 7584 4385 7584 4388 7582
      4388 7573 4395 7563 4395 7559 4384 7514
      4376 7514

$$

TAN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 141337
SVSBUF

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

NYC049-141400-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050714T1400Z/
LEWIS NY-
935 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR
LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NATURAL 
BRIDGE TO BARNES CORNERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMARKET AT 940AM
  PORT LEYDEN AT 950AM

RADAR INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS FROM THIS 
STORMS AS IT PASSES THROUGH YOUR REGION.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4359 7520 4344 7554 4348 7573 4364 7575
      4381 7579 4381 7584 4385 7584 4388 7582
      4388 7573 4395 7563 4395 7559 4384 7514
      4376 7514

$$

TAN

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 141401
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1000 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC049-141410-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050714T1400Z/
LEWIS NY-
1000 AM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1000
AM EDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CROSSED THE COUNTY DURING THE 
PAST HOUR WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY AFTER 10AM. 

LAT...LON 4359 7520 4344 7554 4348 7573 4364 7575
      4381 7579 4381 7584 4385 7584 4388 7582
      4388 7573 4395 7563 4395 7559 4384 7514
      4376 7514

$$

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, 8:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.