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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 25, 2006Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2006, 4:58 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 25, 2006, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2006-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2006-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 252058
SVRBUF
NYC069-252200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SV.W.0071.060725T2058Z-060725T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
458 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRISTOL TO 15 MILES WEST OF
  NAPLES...MOVING EAST AT 20   MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NAPLES BY 520 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4277 7705 4277 7731 4269 7737 4259 7738
      4259 7749 4267 7747 4269 7760 4276 7760
      4288 7754 4294 7754 4282 7697

$$

TMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 252132
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

NYC069-252200-
/O.CON.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060725T2200Z/
ONTARIO NY-
532 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR ONTARIO COUNTY...

AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANANDAIGUA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLIFTON SPRINGS BY 545 PM EDT...
  PHELPS BY 555 PM EDT...

HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CANANDAIGUA. IF YOU ARE 
IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE 
AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4277 7706 4281 7733 4292 7747 4303 7733
      4299 7698 4282 7697

$$

TMA
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 252202
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

NYC069-252212-
/O.EXP.KBUF.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060725T2200Z/
ONTARIO NY-
602 PM EDT TUE JUL 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ONTARIO COUNTY EXPIRED AT 600
PM EDT...

AT 602 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4277 7706 4281 7733 4292 7747 4303 7733
      4299 7698 4282 7697

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Jul 25, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua59 min
Jul 25, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jul 25, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Wyoming60 min
Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany95 min
Jul 25, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston65 min
Jul 25, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jul 25, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis63 min
Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne66 min
Jul 25, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego55 min
Jul 25, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.