Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2015, 10:30 AM EDT for Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2015, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993
WFUS51 KBUF 081430
TORBUF
NYC029-121-081515-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0001.150608T1430Z-150608T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1030 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
* AT 1029 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SPRINGVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBURG...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGVILLE...WARSAW...COLDEN...CHAFFEE...EAST CONCORD...
VARYSBURG...CONCORD AND HOLLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4249 7883 4257 7887 4286 7816 4261 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 249DEG 38KT 4255 7876
$$
RSH2 follow-up statements
509
WWUS51 KBUF 081456
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1056 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
NYC029-121-081515-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150608T1515Z/
ERIE NY-WYOMING NY-
1056 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTIES...
AT 1055 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHAFFEE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST AURORA...MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARSAW...VARYSBURG...HOLLAND...CASTILE...SILVER SPRINGS...
GAINESVILLE...HERMITAGE AND ORANGEVILLE CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4258 7851 4264 7853 4286 7816 4261 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 249DEG 38KT 4265 7841
$$
RSH140
WWUS51 KBUF 081516
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1116 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
NYC029-121-081525-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150608T1515Z/
ERIE NY-WYOMING NY-
1116 AM EDT MON JUN 8 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND CENTRAL WYOMING
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4258 7851 4264 7853 4286 7816 4261 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 249DEG 38KT 4265 7841
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Ontario | 78 min |
| Jun 8, 11:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 81 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.