Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 2:15 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 45 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, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2005, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:43 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Ischua, NY | TREE 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 061915 SVRBUF NYC009-062000- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0080.051106T1915Z-051106T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 215 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 300 PM EST * AT 215 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SALAMANCA... AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ELLICOTTVILLE BY 220 PM EST... ASHFORD BY 225 PM EST... MACHIAS BY 230 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 4240 7898 4203 7886 4222 7833 4251 7834 $$ RSH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KBUF 061959 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 259 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 NYC009-062009- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-051106T2000Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 259 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM EST... AT 259 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4240 7898 4203 7886 4222 7833 4251 7834 $$ 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, 1:17 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, 2:19 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
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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.