Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2016, 6:46 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Turin, NY | WIRES DOWN ON RT 26. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157
WFUS51 KBUF 162246
TORBUF
NYC049-162315-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.160816T2246Z-160816T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
646 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 645 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HIGHMARKET...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BOONVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIGHMARKET...LYONSDALE...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS...
CONSTABLEVILLE...TURIN...TALCOTTVILLE AND MOHAWK HILL.
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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4348 7540 4347 7553 4364 7559 4371 7512
4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 256DEG 28KT 4357 7549
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HIBBERT2 follow-up statements
111
WWUS51 KBUF 162304
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
704 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
NYC049-162315-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160816T2315Z/
LEWIS NY-
704 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...
AT 704 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONSDALE...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS AND TURIN.
LAT...LON 4351 7534 4366 7544 4366 7543 4371 7512
4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 246DEG 25KT 4362 7530
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HIBBERT565
WWUS51 KBUF 162314
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
714 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
NYC049-162322-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160816T2315Z/
LEWIS NY-
714 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL NEW YORK.
LAT...LON 4351 7534 4366 7544 4366 7543 4371 7512
4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 256DEG 28KT 4362 7530
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 33 hr | |
| Aug 16, 10:55 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 15 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Aug 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.