Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2009, 6:59 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 26, 2009, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 26, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Allegany Park, NY | TWO TREES DOWN AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 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 262259 TORBUF NYC009-262345- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0004.090726T2259Z-090726T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 659 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 657 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF ALLEGANY PARK...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALLEGANY PARK BY 715 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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...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 4200 7895 4207 7895 4214 7848 4199 7847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 270DEG 19KT 4204 7891 $$ THOMAS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 262328 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 728 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYC009-262345- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090726T2345Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 728 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIMESTONE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRADFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LIMESTONE BY 735 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4200 7885 4209 7885 4214 7848 4199 7847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 268DEG 19KT 4204 7870 $$ THOMAS
000 WWUS51 KBUF 262346 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 746 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYC009-262356- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090726T2345Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 746 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 746 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4200 7885 4209 7885 4214 7848 4199 7847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 268DEG 19KT 4204 7870 $$ RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 76 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Jul 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Jul 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 48 min | |
| Jul 26, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 37 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.