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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 17, 2014Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 9:06 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 17, 2014, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

701 
WFUS51 KBUF 180106
TORBUF
NYC045-049-180145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.140618T0106Z-140618T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
906 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WEST CARTHAGE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN...MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   WEST CARTHAGE...
   INDIAN RIVER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4394 7514 4381 7589 4393 7594 4415 7526
      4410 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 252DEG 53KT 4391 7580

$$

WOOD

1 follow-up statement

671 
WWUS51 KBUF 180126
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
926 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

NYC045-049-180135-
/O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140618T0145Z/
LEWIS NY-JEFFERSON NY-
926 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN LEWIS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 925 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER 
APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL SIZED HAIL...AND GUSTY 
WINDS TO 60 MPH WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4394 7514 4381 7589 4393 7594 4415 7526
      4410 7516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 252DEG 53KT 4400 7543

$$

WOOD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	64 min
Jun 17, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	60 min
Jun 17, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming	59 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	62 min
Jun 17, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		58 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	61 min
Jun 17, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	60 min
Jun 17, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	44 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.