Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 9:58 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 10, 2002, 9:58 PM EST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2002, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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 10, 10:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Limestone, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WFUS51 KBUF 110258 TORBUF NYC009-110400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 957 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1100 PM EST * AT 953 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ALLEGANY PARK AT 1020 PM EST SALAMANCA AT 1025 PM EST ALLEGANY AT 1035 PM EST ASHFORD AT 1040 PM EST FRANKLINVILLE AT 1050 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4190 7923 4177 7907 4216 7834 4240 7848 NIZIOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.