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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 30, 2006Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2006, 4:36 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 24 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, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 4:55 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Indian River, NYMANY TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 302036
TORBUF
NYC045-049-302100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0003.060630T2036Z-060630T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
436 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN RIVER BY 445 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 4414 7556 4398 7565 4379 7514 4400 7502

$$

ZAFF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 302106
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
506 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

NYC045-049-302116-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060630T2100Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
506 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JEFFERSON AND LEWIS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT
500 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


LAT...LON 4414 7556 4398 7565 4379 7514 4400 7502

$$

ZAFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 30, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF97 min
Jun 30, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 30, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming54 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF93 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFErie30 min
Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming60 min
Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie63 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis64 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Jun 30, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson48 min
Jun 30, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jun 30, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara61 min
Jun 30, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee48 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.