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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2007Livingston County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2007, 6:35 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 40 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 8, 2007, 6:35 PM EDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Livingston County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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 8, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMount Morris, NYTREES AND 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 082237
TORBUF
NYC051-082315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.070608T2235Z-070608T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
635 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  MORRIS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENESEO...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GENESEO BY 640 PM EDT...
  HEMLOCK AND LIVONIA BY 655 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

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 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4280 7796 4264 7795 4268 7765 4293 7757

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082253
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
653 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

NYC051-082315-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070608T2315Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
653 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

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

AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONESUS...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GENESEO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 

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 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4280 7796 4264 7795 4268 7765 4293 7757

$$

TJP
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 082307 RRA
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
707 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

NYC051-082317-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070608T2315Z/
LIVINGSTON NY-
707 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM EDT...

AT 707 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4280 7796 4264 7795 4268 7765 4293 7757

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF119 min
Jun 8, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie61 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua74 min
Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF115 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Jun 8, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara78 min
Jun 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming55 min
Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus69 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie51 min
Jun 8, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe58 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans57 min
Jun 8, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston82 min
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua18 min
Jun 8, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming24 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne55 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga64 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Jun 8, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne33 min
Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego71 min
Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson64 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.