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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 6:54 AM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 66 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 29, 2005, 6:54 AM EDT (10:54 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2005, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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 29, 7:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sodus, NY	TREES DOWN

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 291054
SVRBUF
NYC117-291200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0067.050929T1054Z-050929T1200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 647 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONTARIO TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  PALMYRA.AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WILLIAMSON AND PALMYRA BY 700 AM EDT...
  MARION BY 705 AM EDT...
  NEWARK AND SODUS BY 710 AM EDT...
  LYONS BY 720 AM EDT...
  CLYDE BY 730 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 4310 7674 4305 7675 4303 7680 4302 7712
      4305 7714 4304 7735 4328 7737 4329 7706
      4328 7697 4334 7672

$$

TJP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 291121
SVSBUF

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

NYC117-291200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-050929T1200Z/
WAYNE NY-
721 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 717 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SODUS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED CREEK...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WOLCOTT AND PORT BAY BY 730 AM EDT...
  RED CREEK BY 735 AM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4310 7674 4305 7675 4303 7680 4302 7712
      4305 7714 4304 7735 4328 7737 4329 7706
      4328 7697 4334 7672

$$

TJP

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, 4:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara	71 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, 6:58 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.