Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2005, 5:40 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 20, 2005, 5:40 AM EDT (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2005, 6:18 AM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 6:03 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Croghan, NY | TREE DOWN ON OLD STATE ROAD. LARGE HAIL REPORTED, NO SIZE GIVEN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 200940
SVRBUF
NYC049-201030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0059.050920T0940Z-050920T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
540 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT
* AT 538 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIAN
RIVER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CASTORLAND BY 545 AM EDT...
CROGHAN BY 550 AM EDT...
INDIAN RIVER BY 555 AM EDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 4384 7514 4382 7545 4379 7568 4380 7576
4388 7578 4388 7573 4395 7563 4396 7555
4400 7552 4405 7516
$$
LEVAN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KBUF 200955
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
553 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
NYC049-201030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050920T1030Z/
LEWIS NY-
553 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT
FOR LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 547 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CASTORLAND...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CROGHAN AND DIANA BY 6AM EDT
HARRISVILLE BY 615 AM EDT
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4384 7514 4382 7545 4379 7568 4380 7576
4388 7578 4388 7573 4395 7563 4396 7555
4400 7552 4405 7516
$$
LEVAN000
WWUS51 KBUF 201018
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
617 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
NYC049-201027-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050920T1030Z/
LEWIS NY-
617 AM EDT TUE SEP 20 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 617 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN CROGHAN. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN CARTHAGE.
LAT...LON 4384 7514 4382 7545 4379 7568 4380 7576
4388 7578 4388 7573 4395 7563 4396 7555
4400 7552 4405 7516
$$
LEVANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Sep 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 5:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Sep 20, 6:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 45 min | |
| Sep 20, 6:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 24 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.