Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2010, 10:38 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 27, 2010, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2010, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 10:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Bolivar, NY | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD |
| Jun 27, 10:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Shongo, NY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN |
| Jun 27, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Whitesville, NY | PATH OF TREES DOWN. BARN BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION. |
| Jun 27, 11:10 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 S Whitesville, NY | PATH OF TREES DOWN. BARN BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION. STORM SURVEY CONFIRMS EF1 TORNADO. |
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 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
806
WFUS51 KBUF 280238
TORBUF
NYC003-280315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0004.100628T0238Z-100628T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1038 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF STANNARDS...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLEAN...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STANNARDS
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 7817 4200 7824 4211 7792 4202 7773
4199 7775 4199 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 250DEG 37KT 4199 7817
$$
ZAFF2 follow-up statements
093
WWUS51 KBUF 280258
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1058 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010
NYC003-280315-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100628T0315Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
1058 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY...
AT 1055 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANNARDS...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF WELLSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
STANARD AND HALLSPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4200 7806 4206 7805 4211 7792 4202 7773
4199 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 248DEG 33KT 4205 7793
$$
RSH335
WWUS51 KBUF 280315
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1115 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010
NYC003-280325-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100628T0315Z/
ALLEGANY NY-
1115 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
AT 1115 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.
MEANWHILE...OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION
OF ALLEGANY COUNTY ARE POTENTIALLY PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
58 MPH ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 4200 7806 4206 7805 4211 7792 4202 7773
4199 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 248DEG 33KT 4211 7772
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Jun 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 90 min | |
| Jun 27, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 11:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 12:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Oswego | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 52 min | |
| Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 84 min | |
| Jun 28, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 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.