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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 6, 2005Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 6, 1:10 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGNewfane, NYLIMBS AND WIRES DOWN IN NEWFANE AND LOCKPORT
Nov 6, 1:57 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGShelby, NYPOWER 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 6, 12:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 9:41 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
Nov 6, 12:25 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF95 min
Nov 6, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF49 min
Nov 6, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua28 min
Nov 6, 1:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus28 min
Nov 6, 1:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee36 min
Nov 6, 1:37 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Nov 6, 1:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF37 min
Nov 6, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus30 min
Nov 6, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe42 min
Nov 6, 1:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming31 min
Nov 6, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus45 min
Nov 6, 2:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany56 min
Nov 6, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe60 min
Nov 6, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston42 min
Nov 6, 2:41 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF94 min
Nov 6, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming21 min
Nov 6, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne42 min
Nov 6, 3:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario43 min
Nov 6, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson60 min
Nov 6, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Nov 6, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego54 min
Nov 6, 4:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis64 min

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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.