Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 38 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
- May 26, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 6:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935 WFUS51 KBUF 262208 TORBUF NYC009-013-262300- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0004.110526T2208Z-110526T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 608 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 604 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF SINCLAIRVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SINCLAIRVILLE... CHERRY CREEK... SOUTH DAYTON... PERRYSBURG... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4252 7899 4226 7885 4217 7936 4230 7938 TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 241DEG 40KT 4225 7937 $$ HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
205 WWUS51 KBUF 262231 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 631 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 NYC009-013-262300- /O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110526T2300Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 631 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH DAYTON...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREDONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... SOUTH DAYTON... PERRYSBURG... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. && LAT...LON 4252 7899 4226 7885 4217 7936 4230 7938 TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 241DEG 40KT 4236 7905 $$ HITCHCOCK
516 WWUS51 KBUF 262246 SVSBUF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 646 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 NYC009-013-262256- /O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110526T2300Z/ CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY- 646 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 646 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. LAT...LON 4252 7899 4226 7885 4217 7936 4230 7938 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 241DEG 40KT 4244 7884 $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 62 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| May 25, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| May 25, 9:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| May 25, 10:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 31 min | |
| May 26, 7:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 57 min |
| May 26, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 64 min |
| May 26, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 19 hr | |
| May 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 56 min |
| May 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| May 26, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 26, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 65 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.