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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2005, 5:11 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 1, 2005, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2005, 5:47 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KBUF 012111
SVRBUF
NYC049-012200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0049.050801T2111Z-050801T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
511 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHMARKET...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMARKET BY 520 PM EDT...
  CONSTABLEVILLE BY 530 PM EDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND ONE INCH 
HAIL. 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 4376 7576 4349 7573 4345 7554 4361 7516

$$

RSH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 012131
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
529 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

NYC049-012200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050801T2200Z/
LEWIS NY-
529 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR 
SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HIGHMARKET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT 
AREAS NEAR THE ONEIDA COUNTY BORDER THROUGH 5:45 PM EDT.

RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4376 7576 4349 7573 4345 7554 4361 7516

$$

RSH

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 012147
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
545 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

NYC049-012155-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050801T2200Z/
LEWIS NY-
545 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHILE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY...A FEW WEAKER 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINING DAYLIGHT 
HOURS. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

THOSE THAT EXPERIENCED DAMAGE FROM THE EARLIER STORMS ARE ENCOURAGED 
TO PASS THE INFORMATION TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR COUNTY 
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SO THAT IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO. STORM DAMAGE REPORTS CAN ALSO BE RELAYED 
ON THE INTERNET BY USING WEATHER.GOV/BUF.

LAT...LON 4376 7576 4349 7573 4345 7554 4361 7516

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	65 min
Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		33 min
Aug 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	61 min
Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	53 min
Aug 1, 4:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Lewis	27 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		33 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	40 min
Aug 1, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.