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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 13, 2006Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2006, 6:42 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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: Apr 13, 2006, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2006, 7:08 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 13, 6:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Greece, NY
Apr 13, 6:55 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Fairport, NY

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

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 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 132242
TORBUF
NYC055-132315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.060413T2242Z-060413T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
642 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF IRONDEQUOIT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  IRONDEQUOIT BY 645 PM EDT...
  EAST ROCHESTER BY 655 PM EDT...
  FAIRPORT BY 700 PM EDT...

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 4337 7763 4318 7777 4304 7754 4305 7738
      4325 7738

$$

TJP

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 132300
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
700 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006

NYC055-132315-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060413T2315Z/
MONROE NY-
700 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR MONROE
COUNTY...

AT 654 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED ROTATION IN A 
THUNDERSTORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IRONDEQUOIT...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRPORT BY 705 PM EDT...

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4337 7763 4318 7777 4304 7754 4305 7738
      4325 7738

$$

APB

000 
WWUS51 KBUF 132308
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
707 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006

NYC055-132317-
/O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060413T2315Z/
MONROE NY-
707 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 707 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
715 PM.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4337 7763 4318 7777 4304 7754 4305 7738
      4325 7738

$$

APB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	30 min
Apr 13, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Apr 13, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	62 min
Apr 13, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	49 min
Apr 13, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	59 min
Apr 13, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Wyoming	34 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.