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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 6, 2010Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2010, 4:12 AM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 21 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 6, 2010, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2010, 4:33 AM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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 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, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

875 
WFUS51 KBUF 060812
TORBUF
NYC003-009-060845-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.100606T0812Z-100606T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
412 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SALAMANCA...

* UNTIL 445 AM EDT

* AT 409 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CUBA
  AND RUSHFORD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 4240 7824 4216 7815 4213 7874 4220 7877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 257DEG 44KT 4218 7867

$$

APFFEL

1 follow-up statement

051 
WWUS51 KBUF 060833
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
433 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NYC003-009-060840-
/O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100606T0845Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ALLEGANY NY-
433 AM EDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ALLEGANY AND EAST CENTRAL
CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A TORNADO...ALLOWING THE 
TORNADO WARNING TO BE CANCELLED. A WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK...WITH FUTURE WARNINGS POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4240 7824 4216 7815 4213 7874 4220 7877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 257DEG 44KT 4223 7838

$$

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, 3:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	34 min
Jun 6, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston	57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.