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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 7:37 AM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 23 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, 7:37 AM EDT (11:37 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2005, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cayuga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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, 7:50 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGVictory, 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, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Sep 29, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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°0°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 291138
SVRBUF
NYC011-291200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0069.050929T1137Z-050929T1200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 734 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 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CATO TO 8 MILES WEST OF 
  WEEDSPORT....AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CATO BY 745 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 4312 7649 4304 7649 4304 7671 4321 7669
      4322 7670 4334 7670 4341 7662 4326 7661
      4325 7649 4313 7647

$$

TJP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 291200
SVSBUF

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

NYC011-291209-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050929T1200Z/
CAYUGA NY-
759 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CAYUGA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800
AM EDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED EAST 
OF THE 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4312 7649 4304 7649 4304 7671 4321 7669
      4322 7670 4334 7670 4341 7662 4326 7661
      4325 7649 4313 7647

$$

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, 6:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego62 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.