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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 6:58 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 62 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, 6:58 AM EDT (10:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2005, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 29, 7:30 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGWatertown, NYNUMEROUS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 29, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Albany, 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, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2005-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 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 291101
SVRBUF
NYC045-075-291200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0068.050929T1058Z-050929T1200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 655 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A   
  LINE ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE FROM CLAYTON TO 8 MILES NORTH OF 
  OSWEGO. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PULASKI AND STONY POINT AND CLAYTON BY 710 AM EDT...
  SOUTHWICK BEACH AND HENDERSON HARBOR BY 715 AM EDT...
  ADAMS CENTER AND ADAMS BY 715 AM EDT...
  CALCIUM AND WATERTOWN BY 725 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 4346 7659 4459 7610 4521 7531 4341 7605

$$

SFM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 291129
SVSBUF

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

NYC045-075-291200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-050929T1200Z/
JEFFERSON NY-OSWEGO NY-
727 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT
FOR OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...

AT 725 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THERESA TO ALTMAR...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MANNSVILLE AND WATERTOWN BY 740 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 4346 7659 4459 7610 4521 7531 4341 7605

$$

TJP

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, 4:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie, Niagara71 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, 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.