Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 5:30 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 5:30 PM EST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 6:08 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Little Valley, NY | ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
610 WFUS51 KBUF 142230 TORBUF NYC009-013-142300- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0011.111114T2230Z-111114T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 530 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 526 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMUS POINT...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GERRY... ELLINGTON... CONEWANGO... RANDOLPH... 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. && LAT...LON 4236 7879 4211 7879 4213 7942 4233 7935 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 270DEG 51KT 4221 7930 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
758 WWUS51 KBUF 142245 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 545 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 NYC009-013-142300- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111114T2300Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 545 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA AND WEST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... AT 540 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINGTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RANDOLPH... CONEWANGO... LITTLE VALLEY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4212 7920 4234 7914 4236 7879 4211 7879 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 270DEG 51KT 4220 7899 $$ ZAFF
999 WWUS51 KBUF 142302 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 602 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 NYC009-013-142310- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-111114T2300Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 602 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA AND WEST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4212 7920 4234 7914 4236 7879 4211 7879 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 270DEG 51KT 4219 7899 $$ ZAFF
The 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, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| Nov 14, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 36 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 |
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.