Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 18, 2005Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2005, 9:02 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 18, 2005, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2005, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 18, 9:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGSodus, NYTREES AND WIRES 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 902 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
902 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 190102
SVRBUF
NYC117-190200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0028.050719T0102Z-050719T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
902 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...OR ABOUT
  14 MILES EAST OF WEBSTER...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SODUS BY 910 PM EDT...
  SODUS POINT BY 915 PM EDT...
  NORTH ROSE BY 925 PM EDT...
  PORT BAY BY 935 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 4323 7726 4307 7716 4315 7671 4338 7682

$$

MCLAUGHLIN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 190135
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
935 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

NYC117-190200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050719T0200Z/
WAYNE NY-
935 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 931 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SODUS
POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT BAY BY 945 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4323 7726 4307 7716 4315 7671 4338 7682

$$

SFM
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 190157
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
956 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

NYC117-190206-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050719T0200Z/
WAYNE NY-
956 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT...

AT 956 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE 
WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4323 7726 4307 7716 4315 7671 4338 7682

$$

SFM

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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.