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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 9, 2005Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2005, 12:55 PM EST for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 65 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, 2:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 091758
SVRBUF
NYC013-029-091900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0093.051109T1755Z-051109T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1258 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 1251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE ERIE
  BEACH TO 17 MILES WEST OF DUNKIRK...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY ENTER THE WESTERN
  PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES BY 115 PM AND CONTINUE TO MOVE          
  NORTHEAST THROUGH 2 PM.
  

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 4273 7919 4241 7988 4231 7938 4256 7904
      4258 7864 4291 7860

$$

SAGE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091823
SVSBUF

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

NYC013-029-091900-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-051109T1900Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
120 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST
FOR ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 118 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORCHARD PARK TO BROCKTON...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
  TO MOVE EAST THROUGH 2 PM...
  
LAT...LON 4273 7919 4241 7988 4231 7938 4256 7904
      4258 7864 4291 7860

$$

SAGE
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 091859
SVSBUF

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

NYC013-029-091920-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-051109T1900Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
159 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 200 PM EST...

AT 158 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NO 
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHTOWNS OF 
BUFFALO THROUGH AROUND 230 PM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.

LAT...LON 4273 7919 4241 7988 4231 7938 4256 7904
      4258 7864 4291 7860

$$

SAGE

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, 11:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua48 min
Nov 9, 12:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Nov 9, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus50 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

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