Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2005, 7:06 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 54 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 19, 2005, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 192306 SVRBUF NYC009-013-200000- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0057.050819T2306Z-050820T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 706 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 800 PM EDT * AT 702 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 NEAR FALCONER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RANDOLPH BY 720 PM EDT... EAST RANDOLPH BY 725 PM EDT... LITTLE VALLEY BY 745 PM EDT... SALAMANCA BY 750 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 4222 7926 4205 7922 4209 7870 4231 7875 $$ TMA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 192339 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 739 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 NYC013-192349- /O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050820T0000Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 739 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4225 7903 4206 7904 4209 7870 4231 7875 $$ NYC009-200000- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050820T0000Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 739 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 737 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 RANDOLPH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE VALLEY BY 745 PM EDT... SALAMANCA BY 750 PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4225 7903 4206 7904 4209 7870 4231 7875 $$ TMA
000 WWUS51 KBUF 200000 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 800 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 NYC009-200010- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050820T0000Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 800 PM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 PM EDT... AT 800 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4225 7903 4206 7904 4209 7870 4231 7875 $$ TMA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 95 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 47 min | |
| Aug 19, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| Aug 19, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 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.