Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2010, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678
WFUS51 KBUF 242100
TORBUF
NYC013-242130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0008.100724T2100Z-100724T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FALCONER...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADIC
DAMAGE NEAR THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELLERY
GERRY
ELICOTT
FALCONER
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 4217 7944 4227 7939 4226 7907 4221 7906
4206 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 279DEG 36KT 4221 7931
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
642
WWUS51 KBUF 242108
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
508 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
NYC013-242130-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100724T2130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
508 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GERRY...OR 7 MILES
NORTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES NEAR CHAUTAUQUA LAKE.
THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ELLINGTON
ELLITCOT
POLAND
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4215 7935 4225 7927 4226 7907 4221 7906
4206 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 279DEG 36KT 4219 7920
$$
HITCHCOCK936
WWUS51 KBUF 242130
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
530 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
NYC013-242139-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100724T2130Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
530 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 PM EDT...
AT 529 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4215 7935 4225 7927 4226 7907 4221 7906
4206 7906
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 279DEG 36KT 4215 7891
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 84 min |
| Jul 24, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 22 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 5:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.