Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2014, 3:57 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 14, 2014, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:24 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Canandaigua, NY | HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN CANANDAIGUA |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
437 WFUS51 KBUF 141957 TORBUF NYC069-142030- /O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.140714T1957Z-140714T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 357 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CANANDAIGUA... * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CANANDAIGUA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOLCOMB... CANANDAIGUA... 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 4294 7723 4280 7730 4286 7752 4295 7749 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 284DEG 20KT 4290 7743 $$ HITCHCOCK
1 follow-up statement
597
WWUS51 KBUF 142013
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
413 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014
NYC069-142030-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140714T2030Z/
ONTARIO NY-
413 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ONTARIO COUNTY...
AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CANANDAIGUA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A POTENTIAL
TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
AND UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
THE TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CANANDAIGUA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4285 7742 4294 7738 4294 7723 4280 7730
4281 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 284DEG 20KT 4287 7732
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Ontario | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Ontario | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 4:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 54 hr | |
| Jul 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 47 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.