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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2005Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 4:55 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 51 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 26, 2005, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 5:46 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lockport, NY	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 262056
SVRBUF
NYC063-073-262145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0031.050726T2055Z-050726T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO LEWISTON TO 16 MILES WEST OF
  LEWISTON...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWFANE BY 510 PM EDT...
  SANBORN AND NIAGARA FALLS BY 515 PM EDT...
  LOCKPORT BY 520 PM EDT...
  PENDLETON BY 530 PM EDT...
  MIDDLEPORT BY 535 PM EDT...
  MEDINA BY 540 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING 
IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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 4335 7900 4317 7912 4306 7950 4310 7859
      4315 7849 4314 7825 4336 7816

$$

HIBBERT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262116
SVSBUF

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

NYC063-073-262145-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050726T2145Z/
ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-
515 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WATERPORT TO LOCKPORT TO 11 MILES WEST OF
LEWISTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NIAGARA FALLS BY 520 PM EDT...
  SANBORN BY 530 PM EDT...
  MIDDLEPORT AND GASPORT AND MEDINA BY 540 PM EDT...

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR 
OVER WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE 
HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD 
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING 
IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING 
IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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

LAT...LON 4335 7900 4317 7912 4306 7950 4310 7859
      4315 7849 4314 7825 4336 7816

$$

HIBBERT

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262146
SVSBUF

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

NYC063-073-262154-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050726T2145Z/
ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY-
544 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 545 PM EDT...

NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN IN LOCKPORT IN NIAGARA 
COUNTY... AND RIDGEWAY AND KENDALL IN ORLEANS COUNTY BETWEEN 500 PM 
AND 520 PM. AT 544 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE 
WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4335 7900 4317 7912 4306 7950 4310 7859
      4315 7849 4314 7825 4336 7816

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	36 min
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, 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

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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.