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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 9, 2005Chautauqua County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 12:25 PM ESTHAIL 1Panama, NYQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE POST OFFICE. LASTED 6 TO 8 MINUTES.
Nov 9, 12:35 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPortland, NYPOWER LINES DOWN
Nov 9, 12:35 PM ESTHAIL 1Lakewood, NYDIME 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 9:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF28 min
Nov 9, 10:06 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF24 min
Nov 9, 10:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie48 min
Nov 9, 12:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Nov 9, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus50 min
Nov 9, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua, Erie65 min
Nov 9, 1:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF35 min
Nov 9, 2:08 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
Nov 9, 2:48 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Nov 9, 2:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Monroe37 min
Nov 9, 4:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Nov 9, 4:22 PM ESTWind AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans14 hr
Nov 9, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie52 min
Nov 9, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara52 min
Nov 9, 4:28 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Nov 9, 4:57 PM ESTTornado WarningBUFCattaraugus48 min
Nov 9, 5:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis45 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.