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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2005, 8:48 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 33 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, 8:48 AM EDT (12:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2005, 9:21 AM EDT
In force
33 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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, 8:52 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGConstableville, NYSEVERAL 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 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2005-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 411 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 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 291249
SVRBUF
NYC049-291345-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0072.050929T1248Z-050929T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
848 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 945 AM EDT

* AT 844 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 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF    
  HIGHMARKET...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWVILLE BY 900 AM EDT 
  CROCGAN BY 910 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 4391 7568 4347 7568 4347 7466 4407 7466

$$

TJP
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 291321
SVSBUF

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

NYC049-291331-
/O.CAN.KBUF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-050929T1345Z/
LEWIS NY-
921 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 921 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4391 7568 4347 7568 4347 7466 4407 7466

$$

SFM

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, 7:37 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, 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.