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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2014Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 14, 2014, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2014, 4:55 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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, 4:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Ennerdale, NY	TREE DOWN ALONG ROUTE 20 BETWEEN COUNTY ROUTES 47 AND 17.
Jul 14, 4:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Ennerdale, NY	TWO TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTE 20 BETWEEN COUNTY ROUTES 47 AND 17 IN HOPEWELL. ALSO...A NEARBY CORN FIELD WAS FLATTENED IN GORHAM.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

620 
WFUS51 KBUF 142028
TORBUF
NYC069-142115-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0003.140714T2028Z-140714T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
428 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  GENEVA...OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANANDAIGUA...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   GORHAM...
   STANLEY...
   HALL...

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 4283 7731 4293 7725 4289 7696 4287 7695
      4286 7697 4276 7697 4276 7714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 289DEG 20KT 4286 7723

$$

HITCHCOCK

2 follow-up statements

606 
WWUS51 KBUF 142047
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
447 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

NYC069-142115-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140714T2115Z/
ONTARIO NY-
447 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION WHICH MAY PRODUCE A 
TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO A POTENTIAL TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY ALSO 
PRODUCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THIS POSSIBLE 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORHAM...OR 7 MILES WEST OF GENEVA...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH.

TORNADO SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...  
   GENEVA...
   HALL...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4280 7711 4284 7719 4292 7714 4289 7696
      4287 7695 4286 7697 4276 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 287DEG 23KT 4283 7708

$$

HITCHCOCK

193 
WWUS51 KBUF 142055
SVSBUF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
455 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

NYC069-142105-
/O.CAN.KBUF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140714T2115Z/
ONTARIO NY-
455 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ONTARIO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT ROTATION 
WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM HAS QUICKLY WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4280 7711 4284 7719 4292 7714 4289 7696
      4287 7695 4286 7697 4276 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 287DEG 23KT 4281 7700

$$

HITCHCOCK

The 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, 3:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Ontario	33 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.