Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2005, 8:58 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 69 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
- Aug 1, 2005, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2005, 10:07 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clarence, NY | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 1657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 020059 SVRBUF NYC029-020200- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0052.050802T0058Z-050802T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 858 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 855 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST AND CLARENCE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELMA BY 910 PM EDT... MARILLA BY 915 PM EDT... WALES CENTER BY 930 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 4307 7849 4306 7875 4272 7884 4263 7848 $$ RSH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 020142 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 939 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NYC029-020200- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050802T0200Z/ ERIE NY- 939 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ERIE COUNTY... AT 937 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NOTED A STORM NEAR WALES CENTER HAD WEAKENED. HOWEVER A NEW STORM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NEAR AMHERST. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. IN ADDITION...COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...WITH PONDING ON ROADWAYS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... AMHERST BY 950 PM EDT... WILLIAMSVILLE BY 1000 PM EDT... LAT...LON 4307 7849 4306 7875 4272 7884 4263 7848 $$ ZAFF
000 WWUS51 KBUF 020207 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1007 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 NYC029-020217- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050802T0200Z/ ERIE NY- 1007 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1000 PM EDT... AT 1007 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WHILE THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED...THEY ARE STILL PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4307 7849 4306 7875 4272 7884 4263 7848 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 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.