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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 9, 2005Genesee County, Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2005, 2:53 PM EST for Genesee County, Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 37 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 9, 2005, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2005, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 3:18 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Henrietta, NY

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 091953
SVRBUF
NYC037-055-092030-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0094.051109T1953Z-051109T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK
  MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE
  ROY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF BATAVIA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHURCHVILLE BY 300 PM EST...
  SCOTTSVILLE BY 305 PM EST...
  HENRIETTA BY 310 PM EST...
  PITTSFORD BY 315 PM EST...
  FAIRPORT BY 320 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 4333 7772 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737
      4304 7747 4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771
      4300 7789 4293 7797 4294 7809 4310 7811
      4313 7791 4314 7798 4337 7798

$$

ZAFF

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092019
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-055-092030-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-051109T2030Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
318 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR MONROE AND GENESEE COUNTIES...

AT 313 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 HENRIETTA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL MONROE COUNTY

THE THRUWAY AUTHORITY AT THE BATAVIA EXIT REPORTED PENNY TO DIME 
SIZED HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 4333 7772 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737
      4304 7747 4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771
      4300 7789 4293 7797 4294 7809 4310 7811
      4313 7791 4314 7798 4337 7798

$$

ZAFF

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092032
SVSBUF

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

NYC037-055-092043-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-051109T2030Z/
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
333 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE AND GENESEE COUNTIES
EXPIRED AT 330 PM EST...

AT 333 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.

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

LAT...LON 4333 7772 4324 7758 4328 7738 4304 7737
      4304 7747 4295 7749 4295 7774 4299 7771
      4300 7789 4293 7797 4294 7809 4310 7811
      4313 7791 4314 7798 4337 7798

$$

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	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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.