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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 9, 1999Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1999, 7:42 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1999, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1999, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 9, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 1999-07-09Temperature 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°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 1999-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
519 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 
TTAA00 KBUF 092343 RRA
TORBUF
NYC009-100030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
742 PM EDT FRI JUL 9 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 7:40 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO IN THE TOWN OF GREAT VALLEY...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SALAMANCA... MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEAR ALLEGANY AND OLEAN AT 7:55 PM EDT

  GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!


  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY. TAKE COVER BELOW GROUND IF
  AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A
  BATHROOM OR CLOSET...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFChautauqua36 min
Jul 9, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie46 min
Jul 9, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany51 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.