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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 6, 2005Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 1:17 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 28 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: Nov 6, 2005, 1:17 PM EST (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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, 1:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Salamanca, NY	POWER LINE 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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: 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 061818
SVRBUF
NYC009-061845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0075.051106T1817Z-051106T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
117 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 145 PM EST

* AT 115 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NEAR JAMESTOWN...AND 
  WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CATTARAUGUS BY 125 PM EST...
  OTTO BY 130 PM EST...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 135 PM EST...
  MACHIAS BY 140 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.

THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE 
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH.

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 4240 7904 4203 7906 4217 7840 4249 7839
      4245 7878

$$

RSH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 061831
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
130 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

NYC009-061845-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-051106T1845Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
130 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST
FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 126 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST 
RANDOLPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTO BY 140 PM EST...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW BY 145 PM EST...

LAT...LON 4240 7904 4203 7906 4217 7840 4249 7839
      4245 7878

$$

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, 1:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara, Orleans	60 min
Nov 6, 1:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	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

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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.