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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 26, 2005Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2005, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 262247
SVRBUF
NYC075-262330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0042.050726T2247Z-050726T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 644 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 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PULASKI...
  OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LACONA BY 655 PM EDT...

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 4359 7622 4357 7620 4352 7625 4360 7577
      4369 7578 4370 7597 4371 7601 4367 7603
      4368 7619

$$

ZAFF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 262320
SVSBUF

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

NYC075-262330-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050726T2330Z/
OSWEGO NY-
719 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
OSWEGO COUNTY...

AT 715 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PULASKI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH OSWEGO COUNTY THROUGH 730 
PM.
  

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 4359 7622 4357 7620 4333 7618 4337 7588
      4360 7577 4369 7578 4370 7597 4371 7601
      4367 7603 4368 7619

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany36 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF40 min
Jul 26, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara, Orleans51 min
Jul 26, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua29 min
Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jul 26, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie49 min
Jul 26, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus65 min
Jul 26, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua31 min
Jul 26, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jul 26, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Wyoming62 min
Jul 26, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee57 min
Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne52 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Orleans49 min
Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston44 min
Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario51 min
Jul 26, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne33 min
Jul 26, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF96 min
Jul 26, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis51 min
Jul 26, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.