Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2005, 3:26 PM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 49 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, 3:26 PM EDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2005, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLockport, NYSEVERAL POWER LINES SNAPPED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2005-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 814 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
814 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 141926
SVRBUF
NYC063-142015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0022.050714T1926Z-050714T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENDLETON...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH TONAWANDA...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOCKPORT BY 335 PM EDT...
  NEWFANE BY 400 PM EDT...
  WILSON BY 405 PM EDT...
  OLCOTT BY 410 PM 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 4306 7888 4310 7869 4346 7864 4345 7898

$$

SL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 141957
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
355 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC063-142015-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050714T2015Z/
NIAGARA NY-
355 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NIAGARA COUNTY...

AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCKPORT...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR RANSOMVILLE AT 410 PM

LAT...LON 4306 7888 4310 7869 4346 7864 4345 7898

$$

SL
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 142015
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
415 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

NYC063-142025-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050714T2015Z/
NIAGARA NY-
415 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NIAGARA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.
 
AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4306 7888 4310 7869 4346 7864 4345 7898

$$

SL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany3 hr
Jul 14, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Jul 14, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Jul 14, 8:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson35 min
Jul 14, 8:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis64 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF46 min
Jul 14, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 14, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie30 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee52 min
Jul 14, 5:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis3 hr
Jul 14, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie37 min
Jul 14, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe59 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFMonroe3 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.