Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 12, 2005Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2005, 1:44 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports 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 12, 2005, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2005, 2:32 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 2:03 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBelvidere, NYTREE DOWN ON VEHICLE AT EXIT 30 ON RTE 86.
Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 S Canisteo, NYNUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN.
Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDTTORNADO4 S Canisteo, NYPOSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG ROUTE 36. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN.
Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDTTORNADO4 S Canisteo, NYPOSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG ROUTE 36. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN. NWS SURVEY TO BE CONDUCTED SATURDAY.

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 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2005-08-12Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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 121744
SVRBUF
NYC003-121830-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0056.050812T1744Z-050812T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
144 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 140 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST     
  OF BELFAST...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANGELICA BY 155 PM EDT...
  ALFRED BY 215 PM EDT...
  ALMOND BY 220 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 4238 7827 4220 7828 4214 7748 4239 7747

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 121817
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
214 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

NYC003-121830-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050812T1830Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
214 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR
ALLEGANY COUNTY...

AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF ALFRED...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDOVER AT 225PM

THE ALLEGANY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED TREES DOWN SOUTH OF 
CUBA AND IN THE TOWN OF AMITY FROM STRONG WINDS AS THE STORM PASSED 
THROUGH THOSE AREAS. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4238 7827 4220 7828 4205 7775 4234 7776

$$

NIZIOL
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 121832
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
232 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

NYC003-121842-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-050812T1830Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
232 PM EDT FRI AUG 12 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALLEGANY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 230
PM EDT...

AT 232 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 4238 7827 4220 7828 4205 7775 4234 7776

$$

NIZIOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFAllegany9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.