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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 16, 2016Lewis County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 6:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTurin, NYWIRES 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

HIBBERT
2 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

$$

HIBBERT
565 
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 

$$

HIBBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 2:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF33 hr
Aug 16, 10:55 AM EDTGale WarningBUF15 hr
Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe30 min
Aug 16, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF58 min
Aug 16, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne24 min
Aug 16, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie38 min
Aug 16, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego66 min
Aug 16, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFLewis, Oswego36 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.