Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 6:06 PM EST for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 24 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, 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
709 WFUS51 KBUF 142306 TORBUF NYC009-142330- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0012.111114T2306Z-111114T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 606 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 603 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHFORD...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE VALLEY... ELLICOTTVILLE... ASHFORD... ISCHUA... FRANKLINVILLE... 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 4241 7832 4215 7832 4218 7891 4231 7890 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 266DEG 38KT 4225 7876 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
931 WWUS51 KBUF 142321 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 621 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 NYC009-142330- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 621 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... AT 617 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLICOTTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELLICOTTVILLE... ISCHUA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 4235 7832 4215 7832 4220 7869 4230 7870 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 270DEG 38KT 4224 7858 $$ ZAFF
795 WWUS51 KBUF 142332 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 632 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 NYC009-142341- /O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-111114T2330Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY- 632 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAVE DIMINISHED...SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4235 7832 4215 7832 4220 7869 4230 7870 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 270DEG 38KT 4224 7857 $$ 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, 5:30 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, 6:38 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.