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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Cattaraugus County, Erie County, Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 4:49 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 71 min. 3 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
Sep 29, 2005, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2005, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
71 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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
Sep 29, 5:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGLockport, NYTREES AND WIRES DOWN
Sep 29, 5:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGSalamanca, NYNUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Sep 29, 5:33 AM EDTTSTM WND GST 0Buffalo, NYG58 KTS BUFFALO AIRPORT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 29, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-29Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 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 290853
SVRBUF
NYC009-029-063-291000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0062.050929T0849Z-050929T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 445 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM ST. CATHARINES ONTARIO TO 25 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO TO NEAR    
  DUNKIRK AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH...
  NIAGARA FALLS AND GRAND ISLAND BY 515 AM EDT...
  THE BUFFALO METRO AREA BETWEEN 520 AND 545 AM EDT...
  ELLICOTTVILLE BY 530 AM 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 4347 7901 4183 7894 4184 7846 4358 7851

$$

MCLAUGHLIN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 290919
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
514 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

NYC009-029-063-291000-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050929T1000Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
514 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT
FOR ERIE...NIAGARA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...

AT 506 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THE LINE 
EXTENDED FROM YOUNGSTOWN SOUTH THROUGH ANGOLA TO JUST EAST OF 
JAMESTOWN AND WAS RACING EASTWARD AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BUFFALO BETWEEN 520 AM AND 540 AM
  NIAGARA FALLS 520 AM
  ELLICOTTVILLE AT 530 AM

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 70 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD 
MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7901 4183 7894 4184 7846 4358 7851

$$

NIZIOL
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 290959
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
559 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

NYC009-029-063-291006-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050929T1000Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-NIAGARA NY-ERIE NY-
559 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE...NIAGARA AND CATTARAUGUS
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 600 AM EDT...

AT 559 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE LINE OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST EXITED 
THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4347 7901 4183 7894 4184 7846 4358 7851

$$

NIZIOL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 min
Sep 29, 4:22 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Sep 29, 4:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
Sep 29, 5:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Orleans, Wyoming62 min
Sep 29, 5:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF84 min
Sep 29, 5:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany53 min
Sep 29, 6:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe67 min
Sep 29, 6:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario45 min
Sep 29, 6:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne66 min
Sep 29, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego62 min
Sep 29, 7:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga23 min
Sep 29, 7:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis62 min
Sep 29, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF40 min
Sep 29, 7:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego47 min
Sep 29, 8:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF40 min
Sep 29, 8:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis33 min
Sep 29, 3:46 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus16 hr

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.