Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2005, 11:57 AM EST for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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 9, 2005, 11:57 AM EST (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2005, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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 9, 12:25 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Panama, NY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE POST OFFICE. LASTED 6 TO 8 MINUTES. |
| Nov 9, 12:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Portland, NY | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Nov 9, 12:35 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Lakewood, NY | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT POST OFFICE. LASTER SEVERAL MINUTES. |
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 9, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 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 091657 SVRBUF NYC013-091745- /O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0091.051109T1657Z-051109T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1157 AM EST WED NOV 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1245 PM EST * AT 1154 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLEY LAKE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE BY 1205 PM EST... SINCLAIRVILLE BY 1215 PM EST... CHERRY CREEK BY 1225 PM EST... 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 4243 7976 4202 7976 4202 7907 4251 7908 $$ ZAFF
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 091721 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1220 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 NYC013-091745- /O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-051109T1745Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 1220 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 1216 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SINCLAIRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CHERRY CREEK BY 1225 PM EST... HAIL UP TO .75 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DUNKIRK. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4243 7976 4202 7976 4202 7907 4251 7908 $$ ZAFF
000 WWUS51 KBUF 091743 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1241 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 NYC013-091751- /O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0091.000000T0000Z-051109T1745Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY- 1241 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1245 PM EST... RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR PANAMA AND LAKEWOOD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. LAT...LON 4243 7976 4202 7976 4202 7907 4251 7908 $$ ZAFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 9:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 28 min | |
| Nov 9, 10:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 24 min | |
| Nov 9, 10:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 48 min |
| Nov 9, 12:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Nov 9, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Nov 9, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 65 min |
| Nov 9, 1:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 35 min | |
| Nov 9, 2:08 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| Nov 9, 2:48 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Nov 9, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 4:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 30 min | |
| Nov 9, 4:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 14 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 52 min |
| Nov 9, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 52 min |
| Nov 9, 4:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Nov 9, 4:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| Nov 9, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 45 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.