Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 5:29 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 31 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, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 97 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falconer, NY | 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 262129
SVRBUF
NYC013-262200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0035.050726T2129Z-050726T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
529 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
JAMESTOWN AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
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 4212 7907 4211 7964 4222 7964 4223 7966
4228 7966 4228 7954 4229 7953 4230 7937
4231 7936 4232 7907
$$
ZAFF1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KBUF 262157
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
556 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
NYC013-262206-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050726T2200Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
556 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
600 PM EDT...
AT 556 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NEW YORK.
DAMAGING WINDS WITH DOWNED POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4212 7907 4211 7964 4222 7964 4223 7966
4228 7966 4228 7954 4229 7953 4230 7937
4231 7936 4232 7907
$$
ZAFFThe 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, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 5:38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.