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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2005Allegany County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 5:43 PM EDT for Allegany County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Allegany County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 5:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cowlesville, NY	4 LARGE TREES DOWN
Jul 26, 6:36 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wellsville, NY	NUMEROUS TREES 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 262145
SVRBUF
NYC003-121-262245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0036.050726T2143Z-050726T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
543 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
  WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 539 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS   
  IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE       
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES WEST OF JAVA CENTER TO 27 MILES WEST       
  OF RUSHFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST AURORA TO        
  SALAMANCA...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JAVA CENTER BY 555 PM EDT...
  VARYSBURG BY 605 PM EDT...
  BLISS BY 610 PM EDT...
  RUSHFORD BY 615 PM EDT...
  PORTAGEVILLE BY 625 PM EDT...
  WELLSVILLE BY 635 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES WITH TREES AND POWERLINES 
DOWN.  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 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 4260 7802 4255 7805 4252 7799 4209 7787
      4210 7829 4252 7830 4253 7845 4278 7844
      4279 7847 4287 7847 4287 7806

$$

ZAFF

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262205
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-121-262245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050726T2245Z/
ALLEGANY NY-WYOMING NY-
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
WYOMING AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES...

AT 601 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ATTICA TO JAVA 
CENTER.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WARSAW BY 615 PM EDT...
  WYOMING BY 620 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS ERIE AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES.  LARGE TREES AND NUMEROUS 
POWER LINES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY THESE STORMS. THIS IS AN 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4260 7802 4255 7805 4252 7799 4209 7787
      4210 7829 4252 7830 4253 7845 4278 7844
      4279 7847 4287 7847 4287 7806

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262218
SVSBUF

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

NYC003-121-262245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-050726T2245Z/
ALLEGANY NY-WYOMING NY-
615 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
WYOMING AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WYOMING TO 
CUBA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PORTAGEVILLE AND SILVER SPRINGS AND GAINESVILLE BY 620 PM EDT...
  WELLSVILLE AND SCIO AND CASTILE BY 625 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE 
ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK.  LARGE TREES AND NUMEROUS POWER LINES HAVE 
BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY THESE STORMS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4260 7802 4255 7805 4252 7799 4209 7787
      4210 7829 4252 7830 4253 7845 4278 7844
      4279 7847 4287 7847 4287 7806

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262242
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-262251-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050726T2245Z/
GENESEE NY-
641 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GENESEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645
PM EDT...

AT 641 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.

LAT...LON 4305 7795 4304 7791 4301 7792 4297 7790
      4291 7797 4291 7809 4292 7810 4291 7843
      4313 7843 4313 7792

$$

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, 5:12 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, 5:48 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.