Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 5:12 PM EDT for Erie 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 26, 2005, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 6:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 5:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Orchard Park, NY | HIGH WIND ROUTE 20 AND 277. VERY HEAVY RAIN. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 262114 SVRBUF NYC029-262200- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0033.050726T2112Z-050726T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 512 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 508 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 OVER LAKE ERIE AND WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE NEAR ATHOL SPRINGS BY 520 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ATHOL SPRINGS BY 520 PM EDT... HAMBURG BY 525 PM EDT... LACKAWANNA BY 530 PM EDT... ORCHARD PARK BY 535 PM EDT... EAST AURORA BY 540 PM EDT... ELMA CENTER BY 545 PM EDT... WALES CENTER BY 550 PM EDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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. 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 4281 7918 4263 7915 4268 7849 4290 7853 $$ ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 262154 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 551 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 NYC029-262200- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050726T2200Z/ ERIE NY- 551 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR ERIE COUNTY... AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM ALDEN TO HOLLAND AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS...WITH A HISTORY OF DOWNING POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4281 7918 4263 7915 4268 7849 4290 7853 $$ ZAFF
000 WWUS51 KBUF 262201 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 559 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 NYC029-262209- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-050726T2200Z/ ERIE NY- 559 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM EDT... AT 559 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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. DAMAGING WINDS WITH DOWNED POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LAT...LON 4281 7918 4263 7915 4268 7849 4290 7853 $$ ZAFF
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, 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, 5:25 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.