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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 19, 2007Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 3:32 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2007, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 12:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2007-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 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 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS51 KBUF 191932
TORBUF
NYC013-192000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.070619T1932Z-070619T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
332 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  CHERRY CREEK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4226 7925 4214 7908 4213 7907 4252 7911

$$

NIZIOL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 191948
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
347 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

NYC013-192000-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070619T2000Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
347 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER 
NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHERRY 
CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4226 7925 4214 7908 4213 7907 4252 7911

$$

TJP
000 
WWUS51 KBUF 192006
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

NYC013-192015-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070619T2000Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. 


A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4226 7925 4214 7908 4213 7907 4252 7911

$$

TJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus47 min
Jun 19, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie35 min
Jun 19, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming51 min
Jun 19, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee50 min
Jun 19, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany54 min
Jun 19, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston41 min
Jun 19, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe60 min
Jun 19, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min
Jun 19, 1:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne56 min
Jun 19, 2:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego48 min
Jun 19, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Jun 19, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua54 min
Jun 19, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Jun 19, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego38 min
Jun 19, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis55 min
Jun 19, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus67 min
Jun 19, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie62 min
Jun 19, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF63 min
Jun 19, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jun 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua58 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Wyoming69 min
Jun 19, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara56 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie30 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF88 min
Jun 19, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans58 min
Jun 19, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe90 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston66 min
Jun 19, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF89 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne77 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Jun 19, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.