Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 30, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:04 PM EDT | TORNADO | Cheektowaga, NY | NEAR WALDEN AND UNION MOVING SE |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KBUF 301901 TORBUF NYC029-301930- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.060630T1900Z-060630T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA. THERE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF A TORNADO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATLEY. 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 4276 7880 4291 7867 4305 7892 4286 7908 $$ NIZIOL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 301916 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 NYC029-301930- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060630T1930Z/ ERIE NY- 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR ERIE COUNTY... AT 304 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN LANCASTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR ELMA AT AT 320 PM EAST AURORA AT 330 PM THE MEDIA REPORTED A TRACTOR TRAILER TIPPED OVER ON THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH CHEEKTOWAGA. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE.. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4276 7880 4291 7867 4305 7892 4286 7908 $$ NIZIOL
000 WWUS51 KBUF 301928 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 NYC029-301936- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060630T1930Z/ ERIE NY- 326 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ERIE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 330 PM EDT... AT 326 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ERIE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THOSE STORMS TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4276 7880 4291 7867 4305 7892 4286 7908 $$ NIZIOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 97 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 43 min | |
| Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Jun 30, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.