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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2005Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 36 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 26, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 4:06 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 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 261931
SVRBUF
NYC003-262030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0030.050726T1930Z-050726T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUBA...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES NORTHEAST OF OLEAN...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRIENDSHIP BY 340 PM EDT...
  BELMONT BY 350 PM EDT...
  ALFRED BY 415 PM EDT...
  ALMOND BY 425 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY 
UNTIL 11PM EDT. 

LAT...LON 4215 7775 4211 7829 4229 7829 4237 7790
      4237 7785 4238 7784 4238 7779 4239 7778
      4239 7773

$$

NIZIOL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 261952
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

NYC003-262030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050726T2030Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
350 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
FRIENDSHIP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THE STORM HAS CHANGED ITS 
DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT FROM EAST TO SOUTHEAST.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCIO BY 400 PM EDT...
  ANDOVER BY 420 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4215 7775 4211 7829 4229 7829 4237 7790
      4237 7785 4238 7784 4238 7779 4239 7778
      4239 7773

$$

NIZIOL

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262006
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

NYC003-262014-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050726T2030Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
404 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER, 
OTHER STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR SO 
YOU ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE 
WARNINGS.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4215 7775 4211 7829 4229 7829 4237 7790
      4237 7785 4238 7784 4238 7779 4239 7778
      4239 7773

$$

NIZIOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		65 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		40 min
Jul 26, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara, Orleans	51 min
Jul 26, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	29 min
Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		41 min
Jul 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	49 min
Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	65 min
Jul 26, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	31 min
Jul 26, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		97 min
Jul 26, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Wyoming	62 min
Jul 26, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	57 min
Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Wayne	52 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Orleans	49 min
Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	44 min
Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario	51 min
Jul 26, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	43 min
Jul 26, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	33 min
Jul 26, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		96 min
Jul 26, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	51 min
Jul 26, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	32 min

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.