Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 3:26 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Jun 6, 2010, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:28 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Jamestown, NY | TREE DOWN ON MERLIN AVE - ELLICOTT |
| Jun 6, 3:28 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Celoron, NY | PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE - ELLICOTT SHORES APT BLDG. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:03 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
091 WFUS51 KBUF 060726 TORBUF NYC009-013-060800- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.100606T0726Z-100606T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 326 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALAMANCA... SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JAMESTOWN... * UNTIL 400 AM EDT * AT 322 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF LAKEWOOD...OR 7 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FREWSBURG...FALCONER AND ALLEGANY PARK 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4199 7956 4212 7952 4239 7872 4199 7862 TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 246DEG 45KT 4213 7931 $$ APFFEL
1 follow-up statement
942 WWUS51 KBUF 060749 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 349 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 NYC009-013-060800- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100606T0800Z/ CHAUTAUQUA NY-CATTARAUGUS NY- 349 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR WESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES... AT 342 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAMESTOWN AND RANDOLPH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LITTLE VALLEY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4201 7931 4216 7928 4239 7872 4199 7862 TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 246DEG 45KT 4224 7899 $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 2:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 4:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 6:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 7:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Genesee | 117 min |
| Jun 6, 11:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 hr |
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.