Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 6:16 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 44 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, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2005, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Livingston County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mount Morris, NY | 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, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 262216
SVRBUF
NYC051-262300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0040.050726T2216Z-050726T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
616 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF BATAVIA TO 13 MILES WEST OF
DANSVILLE...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CONESUS AND AVON BY 625 PM EDT...
SPRINGWATER BY 630 PM EDT...
LIMA BY 635 PM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...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 4297 7795 4283 7794 4269 7793 4254 7801
4256 7767 4259 7750 4271 7764 4293 7760
$$
HIBBERT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KBUF 262237
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
NYC051-262300-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050726T2300Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
636 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. SIREN
ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF AVON TO GROVELAND...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
AVON BY 640 PM...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN
NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4297 7795 4283 7796 4269 7793 4254 7801
4256 7767 4259 7750 4271 7764 4293 7760
$$
HIBBERTThe 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, 5:43 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, 6:33 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.