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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2005Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2005, 4:49 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 27 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: Aug 1, 2005, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2005, 5:16 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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
Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT	TORNADO	8 Se Barnes Corners, NY	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS ALONG SALMON RIVER ROAD AND THE JUNCTION OF THE MAD RIVER IN THE TOWN OF MONTAGUE. DAMAGE PATH ABOUT 1/4 MILE WIDE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KBUF 012049
TORBUF
NYC049-012115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.050801T2049Z-050801T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  BARNES CORNERS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMARKET BY 505 PM EDT...
  CONSTABLEVILLE BY 510 PM EDT...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4353 7532 4351 7535 4350 7540 4345 7548
      4361 7575 4371 7576 4379 7568 4357 7521

$$

ZAFF

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 012116
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
512 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

NYC049-012122-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050801T2115Z/
LEWIS NY-
512 PM EDT MON AUG 1 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEWIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN AFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS 
WEAKENED.  RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY 
WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

NEW STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTY...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY 
SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4353 7532 4351 7535 4350 7540 4345 7548
      4361 7575 4371 7576 4379 7568 4357 7521

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 1, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	65 min
Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		59 min
Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		33 min
Aug 1, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	61 min
Aug 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	53 min
Aug 1, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	36 min
Aug 1, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		33 min
Aug 1, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	40 min
Aug 1, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.