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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 7:43 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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, 7:43 AM EDT (11:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2005, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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, 8:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lowville, NY	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Sep 29, 8:52 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Constableville, NY	SEVERAL 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, 6:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 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 291143
SVRBUF
NYC049-291245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0070.050929T1143Z-050929T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT

* AT 739 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 NORTHEAST OF BARNES CORNERS TO 8 MILES WEST OF   
  HIGHMARKET...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWVILLE AND INDIAN RIVER BY 750 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 4343 7554 4348 7574 4375 7576 4381 7579
      4381 7584 4385 7584 4388 7582 4388 7573
      4397 7554 4407 7547 4412 7553 4422 7544
      4410 7516 4361 7512

$$

TJP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 291211
SVSBUF

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

NYC049-291245-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-050929T1245Z/
LEWIS NY-
810 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT
FOR LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 804 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 7 MILES EAST OF INDIAN RIVER TO PORT LEYDEN...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH...
  RURAL LEWIS COUNTY.

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 4343 7554 4348 7574 4375 7576 4381 7579
      4381 7584 4385 7584 4388 7582 4388 7573
      4397 7554 4407 7547 4412 7553 4422 7544
      4410 7516 4361 7512

$$

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, 6:54 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, 7:50 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.