Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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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 29, 5:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lockport, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Sep 29, 5:30 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Salamanca, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE |
| Sep 29, 5:33 AM EDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Buffalo, NY | G58 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 4:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 4:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Sep 29, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 5:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 67 min |
| Sep 29, 6:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 45 min |
| Sep 29, 6:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 6:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 7:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 40 min | |
| Sep 29, 7:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 47 min |
| Sep 29, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 40 min | |
| Sep 29, 8:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| Sep 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 16 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.