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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 9, 2005Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2005, 4:57 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 48 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 9, 2005, 4:57 PM EST (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 48 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 9, 5:08 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	East Otto, NY	POWER LINES DOWN

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

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 
WFUS51 KBUF 092157
TORBUF
NYC009-092245-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0003.051109T2157Z-051109T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
457 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 455 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PERRYSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OTTO BY 505 PM EST...
  DELEVAN BY 520 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 4252 7831 4240 7831 4235 7901 4235 7904
      4238 7906 4253 7905 4253 7900 4245 7891
      4246 7877 4248 7872 4247 7869 4253 7850

$$

NIZIOL

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092226
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-092245-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051109T2245Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
524 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...

AT 520 PM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A TORNADO. 
AROUND 500 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED AN UNCONFIRMED 
REPORT OF A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR 
MACHIAS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE CONTINUE OVER...
  RURAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY

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.

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

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4240 7831 4235 7901 4235 7904
      4238 7906 4253 7905 4253 7900 4245 7891
      4246 7877 4248 7872 4247 7869 4253 7850

$$

BLACKBURN

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 092244
SVSBUF

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

NYC009-092259-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051109T2245Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-
544 PM EST WED NOV 9 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CATTARAUGUS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 545 PM
EST...

AT 544 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4252 7831 4240 7831 4235 7901 4235 7904
      4238 7906 4253 7905 4253 7900 4245 7891
      4246 7877 4248 7872 4247 7869 4253 7850

$$

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	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	52 min
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, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	45 min

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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.