Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2005Genesee County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2005, 5:27 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 52 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2005, 6:19 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Genesee County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 6:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBatavia, NYTREES DOWN

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 142128
SVRBUF
NYC037-142215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0025.050714T2127Z-050714T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 525 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 BATAVIA...AND WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STAFFORD BY 550 PM EDT...
  BYRON BY 555 PM EDT...

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND 
INCLUDE A SLOW MOVING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE 
INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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 4311 7828 4297 7830 4296 7798 4312 7796

$$

RSH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 142147
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-142215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050714T2215Z/
GENESEE NY-
546 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
GENESEE COUNTY...

AT 545 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 JUST NORTHEAST OF 
BATAVIA...MOVING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WITH AN INCH OF 
RAIN POSSIBLE IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR FOR AREAS EAST OF BATAVIA. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STAFFORD BY 555 PM EDT...
  LE ROY BY 615 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4312 7828 4297 7830 4296 7798 4313 7795

$$

RSH
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 142204
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-142215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050714T2215Z/
GENESEE NY-
603 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
GENESEE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN OAKFIELD 
AND BYRON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BYRON BY 610 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4312 7828 4297 7830 4296 7798 4313 7795

$$

RSH
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 142219
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-142228-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050714T2215Z/
GENESEE NY-
618 PM EDT THU JUL 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GENESEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 615
PM EDT...

AT 615 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.

THE LEFTOVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING 
DOWNPOURS THOUGH...WITH RAINFALL POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE AND A HALF 
INCHES FOR SITES NORTH OF BATAVIA.

LAT...LON 4312 7828 4297 7830 4296 7798 4313 7795

$$

RSH

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, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara49 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, 5:46 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

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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.