Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2005Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2005, 3:33 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 13, 2005, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 4:33 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 131933
SVRBUF
NYC055-132030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0005.050613T1933Z-050613T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
333 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF      
  CHURCHVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HENRIETTA BY 355 PM EDT...
  BRIGHTON BY 400 PM EDT...
  PITTSFORD BY 405 PM EDT...
  EAST ROCHESTER BY 410 PM EDT...
  FAIRPORT BY 415 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 4327 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747 4301 7749
      4297 7769 4297 7772 4300 7772 4300 7789
      4304 7789 4306 7792 4312 7791

$$

NIZIOL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 131949
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
347 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC055-132030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050613T2030Z/
MONROE NY-
347 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SCOTTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HENRIETTA BY 355 PM EDT...
  BRIGHTON BY 400 PM EDT...
  EAST ROCHESTER BY 410 PM EDT...
  FAIRPORT BY 415 PM EDT...
  WEBSTER BY 425 PM EDT...

THIS STORM KNOCKED TREES DOWN IN THE TOWNS OF STAFFORD AND LEROY IN 
GENESEE COUNTY AS IT MOVED THROUGH THOSE AREAS.  IT IS ALSO 
PRODUCING VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 
STORM TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

LAT...LON 4327 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747 4301 7749
      4297 7769 4297 7772 4300 7772 4300 7789
      4304 7789 4306 7792 4312 7791

$$

NIZIOL
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 132033
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
433 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC055-132043-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050613T2030Z/
MONROE NY-
433 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430
PM EDT...

AT 433 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4327 7738 4304 7737 4304 7747 4301 7749
      4297 7769 4297 7772 4300 7772 4300 7789
      4304 7789 4306 7792 4312 7791

$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee34 min
Jun 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston32 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF37 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara20 min
Jun 13, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans56 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Jun 13, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis38 min
Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario38 min
Jun 13, 7:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLewis2 hr
Jun 13, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 13, 7:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFLivingston119 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005Every 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.