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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 6, 2005Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 3:03 PM EST for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 42 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, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 3:45 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 3:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPalmyra, NYTREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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°0°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 062004
SVRBUF
NYC069-117-062045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0085.051106T2003Z-051106T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 300 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOL... AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MACEDON BY 310 PM EST...
  WALWORTH BY 315 PM EST...
  WILLIAMSON BY 320 PM EST...
  SODUS BY 330 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.

SIMILAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

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 4326 7735 4303 7735 4300 7745 4277 7756
      4279 7700 4326 7694

$$

RSH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 062045
SVSBUF

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

NYC069-117-062055-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-051106T2045Z/
ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
345 PM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE AND ONTARIO COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 345 PM EST...

AT 345 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 4326 7735 4303 7735 4300 7745 4277 7756
      4279 7700 4326 7694

$$

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, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara, Orleans60 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, 3:17 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.