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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Buffalo, NY

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

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2005, 4:23 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 52 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, 4:23 PM EST (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2005, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 092123
SVRBUF
SVRBUF
NYC063-092215-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0096.051109T2123Z-051109T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 419 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22
  MILES WEST OF LEWISTON...OR ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF NIAGARA FALLS...
  AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUNGSTOWN BY 440 PM EST...
  RANSOMVILLE BY 450 PM EST...
  WILSON BY 455 PM EST...
  NEWFANE BY 500 PM EST...
  BARKER BY 510 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 4317 7848 4313 7906 4326 7905 4327 7906
      4328 7905 4327 7903 4329 7891 4335 7873
      4334 7868 4336 7865 4337 7846

$$

SAGE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092155
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-013-029-092215-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-051109T2215Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-
455 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST
FOR ERIE...CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 450 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 PERRYSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLLINS BY 500 PM EST...
  SPRINGVILLE BY 510 PM EST...
  EAST CONCORD BY 515 PM EST...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE 
NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO 
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 4251 7971 4222 7962 4238 7843 4282 7859

$$

BLACKBURN

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092216
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-013-029-092230-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-051109T2215Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-
515 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ERIE...CATTARAUGUS AND
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 PM EST...

AT 515 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO 
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4251 7971 4222 7962 4238 7843 4282 7859

$$

BLACKBURN

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