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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 29, 2013Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 4:11 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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: May 29, 2013, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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
May 29, 4:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Martville, NY	VIA WHAM
May 29, 4:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Martville, NY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 29, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

020 
WFUS51 KBUF 292011
TORBUF
NYC011-117-292045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.130529T2011Z-130529T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
411 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
  CATO...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   CATO...

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 4310 7649 4306 7650 4310 7699 4328 7698
      4328 7660 4325 7660 4326 7658 4325 7648
      4320 7647 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 276DEG 30KT 4318 7686

$$

JJR

2 follow-up statements

752 
WWUS51 KBUF 292029
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
429 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

NYC117-292039-
/O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T2045Z/
WAYNE NY-
429 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4310 7649 4306 7650 4308 7669 4321 7670
      4320 7647 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 274DEG 47KT 4310 7659

$$

NYC011-292045-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T2045Z/
CAYUGA NY-
429 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY...

AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONQUEST...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RURAL CAYUGA COUNTY

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 4310 7649 4306 7650 4308 7669 4321 7670
      4320 7647 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 274DEG 47KT 4310 7659

$$

JJR

869 
WWUS51 KBUF 292045
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
445 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

NYC011-292055-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130529T2045Z/
CAYUGA NY-
445 PM EDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 445 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
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4310 7649 4306 7650 4308 7669 4321 7670
      4320 7647 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 274DEG 47KT 4308 7630

$$

JJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	45 min
May 28, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	61 min
May 28, 10:03 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	4 hr
May 28, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	50 min
May 28, 11:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		17 hr

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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.