Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2009, 5:46 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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
- Jul 25, 2009, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:55 PM EDT | TORNADO | Hilton, NY | EFO LENGTH 0.75MI / WIDTH 30 YDS |
| Jul 25, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hilton, NY | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE...SEVERAL OTHER TREES DOWN...YARD FURNITURE DAMAGED. |
| Jul 25, 6:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hilton, NY | TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
| Jul 25, 6:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brockport, NY | TREES AND WIRES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KBUF 252146
TORBUF
NYC055-252230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0003.090725T2146Z-090725T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
546 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HILTON...BROCKPORT...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HILTON BY 615 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 900 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
&&
LAT...LON 4336 7788 4330 7770 4319 7796 4323 7798
4337 7792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 225DEG 15KT 4323 7795
$$
RSH3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 252158 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 558 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 NYC055-252230- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090725T2230Z/ MONROE NY- 558 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILTON...OR NEAR BROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HILTON BY 610 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4327 7794 4336 7788 4330 7770 4325 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 225DEG 15KT 4327 7788 $$ RSH
000 WWUS51 KBUF 252221 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 621 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 NYC055-252230- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090725T2230Z/ MONROE NY- 621 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY... AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A PREVIOUS TORNADIC STORM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA HAS SINCE MOVED OUT OVER LAKE ONTARIO. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HILTON BY 630 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4327 7794 4336 7788 4330 7770 4325 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 237DEG 14KT 4327 7783 $$ RSH
000 WWUS51 KBUF 252231 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 631 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 NYC055-252242- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090725T2230Z/ MONROE NY- 631 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 632 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4327 7794 4336 7788 4330 7770 4325 7782 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 237DEG 14KT 4327 7782 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 30 min | |
| Jul 25, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Jul 25, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Erie | 18 min |
| Jul 25, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 65 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 91 min | |
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 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.