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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 9, 2005Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2005, 12:55 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Nov 9, 2005, 12:55 PM EST (17:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2005, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 50 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 17:57 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.

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, 5.9 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: 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 091756
SVRBUF
NYC009-091845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0092.051109T1755Z-051109T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1255 PM EST WED NOV 9 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 1251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF OTTO TO 14    
  MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ASHFORD HOLLOW AND ALLEGANY PARK BY 100 PM EST...
  SARDINIA AND ASHFORD AND SALAMANCA BY 105 PM EST...
  FRANKLINVILLE BY 115 PM EST...
  ST. BONAVENTURE AND OLEAN AND ALLEGANY BY 120 PM EST...
  HINSDALE AND WESTON MILLS BY 125 PM EST...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD AND 
PANAMA IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE 
STORMS...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 4252 7831 4207 7831 4200 7871 4201 7905
      4213 7904 4245 7885 4248 7872 4247 7869
      4253 7850

$$

ZAFF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091825
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
124 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

NYC009-091845-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-051109T1845Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
124 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

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

AT 122 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF YORKSHIRE
TO ALLEGANY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ISCHUA AND WESTON MILLS AND OLEAN BY 130 PM EST...
  HINSDALE BY 135 PM EST...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4207 7831 4200 7871 4201 7905
      4213 7904 4245 7885 4248 7872 4247 7869
      4253 7850

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091841
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
141 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

NYC009-091851-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-051109T1845Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
141 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
145 PM EST...

AT 141 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.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4207 7831 4200 7871 4201 7905
      4213 7904 4245 7885 4248 7872 4247 7869
      4253 7850

$$

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, 11:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	48 min
Nov 9, 12:29 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	BUF		61 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.