Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 1:00 PM EST for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 60 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
- Nov 6, 2005, 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2005, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 1:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Newfane, NY | LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN IN NEWFANE AND LOCKPORT |
| Nov 6, 1:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Shelby, NY | POWER POLE BLOWN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 12:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KBUF 061800 SVRBUF NYC063-073-061900- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0073.051106T1800Z-051106T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 100 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 200 PM EST * AT 1255 PM EST...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 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWFANE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NIAGARA FALLS...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NEWFANE AND LOCKPORT BY 110 PM EST... MIDDLEPORT BY 125 PM EST... MEDINA AND WATERPORT AND POINT BREEZE BY 130 PM EST... ALBION BY 135 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. 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 4355 7899 4309 7893 4317 7806 4355 7805 $$ TJP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 061822 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 121 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 NYC063-073-061900- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-051106T1900Z/ ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY- 121 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES... AT 117 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BARKER TO GASPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MEDINA AND LYNDONVILLE BY 130 PM EST... WATERPORT AND POINT BREEZE AND ALBION BY 140 PM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4355 7899 4309 7893 4317 7806 4355 7805 $$ TJP
000 WWUS51 KBUF 061901 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 201 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 NYC063-073-061911- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-051106T1900Z/ ORLEANS NY-NIAGARA NY- 201 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 PM EST... AT 201 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4355 7899 4309 7893 4317 7806 4355 7805 $$ TJP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 9:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Nov 6, 12:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 95 min | |
| Nov 6, 12:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 49 min | |
| Nov 6, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 28 min |
| Nov 6, 1:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 28 min |
| Nov 6, 1:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 36 min |
| Nov 6, 1:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Nov 6, 1:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 37 min | |
| Nov 6, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 30 min |
| Nov 6, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 31 min |
| Nov 6, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 45 min |
| Nov 6, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 56 min |
| Nov 6, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 2:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Nov 6, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 21 min |
| Nov 6, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 43 min |
| Nov 6, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Nov 6, 4:08 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Nov 6, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 54 min |
| Nov 6, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2005Every 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.