Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 4:54 PM EST for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 36 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 5:03 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Ripley, NY | HAIL COVERED THE GROUND |
| Nov 14, 5:05 PM EST | TORNADO | Westfield, NY | 0505-0515 PM EST... EF2 |
| Nov 14, 5:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Westfield, NY | ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES VICINITY WESTFIELD |
| Nov 14, 5:14 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Westfield, NY | BARN BLOW OFF FOUNDATION VICINITY MT. BALDY RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KBUF 142154
TORBUF
NYC013-142230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0010.111114T2154Z-111114T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
454 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 530 PM EST
* AT 449 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
WESTFIELD...OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDONIA...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RIPLEY...
WESTFIELD...
MAYVILLE...
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 4229 7974 4237 7955 4243 7928 4219 7925
4217 7977 4227 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 264DEG 54KT 4225 7983
$$
HITCHCOCK2 follow-up statements
566
WWUS51 KBUF 142214
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
514 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
NYC013-142230-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T2230Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
514 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
AT 508 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTFIELD...OR 19
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREDONIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MAYVILLE...
CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTE...
STOCKTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4220 7973 4226 7972 4232 7963 4237 7955
4243 7928 4219 7925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 265DEG 46KT 4227 7954
$$
ZAFF103
WWUS51 KBUF 142232
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
532 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
NYC013-142240-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111114T2230Z/
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
532 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY A NEW WARNING TO THE EAST...
AREAS WEST OF MAYVILLE ARE NO LONGER THREATENED BY TORNADIC
ACTIVITY. HOWEVER AREAS TO THE EAST...INCLUDING
GERRY...ELLINGTON...CONEWANGO...RANDOLPH... AND LITTLE VALLEY ARE
UNDER A NEW TORNADO WARNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST TORNADO
WARNING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4220 7973 4226 7972 4232 7963 4237 7955
4243 7928 4219 7925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 265DEG 46KT 4227 7952
$$
ZAFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 88 min | |
| Nov 14, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 64 min |
| Nov 14, 4:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Nov 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Nov 14, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 24 min |
| Nov 14, 6:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Nov 14, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Ontario | 20 min |
| Nov 14, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 63 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.