Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 26, 2009, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2009, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KBUF 270015
TORBUF
NYC003-270100-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0005.090727T0015Z-090727T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
815 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WELLSVILLE...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
WELLSVILLE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF OLEAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WELLSVILLE BY 900 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4206 7831 4212 7831 4213 7831 4227 7797
4205 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 260DEG 21KT 4209 7830
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KBUF 270042 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 842 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYC003-270100- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090727T0100Z/ ALLEGANY NY- 842 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY... AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHBURG...OR 9 MILES WEST OF WELLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WELLSVILLE BY 900 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4206 7818 4218 7819 4227 7797 4205 7790 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 260DEG 21KT 4211 7811 $$ THOMAS
000 WWUS51 KBUF 270103 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 903 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NYC003-270113- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090727T0100Z/ ALLEGANY NY- 903 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 903 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 4206 7818 4218 7819 4227 7797 4205 7790 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 260DEG 21KT 4211 7810 $$ THOMAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 10:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 8 hr |
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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.