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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 19, 2005Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 2005-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
Aug 19, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Aug 19, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF47 min
Aug 19, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Aug 19, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF96 min

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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.