Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Oct 15, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 26 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 6:28 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 N Cassadaga, NY | VIDEO OF FUNNEL CLOUD FROM RT 60 NEAR SPODEN RD IN CASSADAGA. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
770
WFUS51 KBUF 152204
TORBUF
NYC013-152230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0002.211015T2204Z-211015T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
604 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Chautauqua County in western New York...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 604 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mayville, or 12 miles southwest of Fredonia,
moving northeast at 25 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...
Dunkirk, Fredonia, Westfield, Mayville, Lake Erie State Park, SUNY
Fredonia, Chautauqua Institution, Portland, Sheridan and Stockton.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 60 and 59.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4219 7952 4234 7964 4256 7927 4237 7912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 239DEG 21KT 4231 7950
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Mitchell1 follow-up statement
950
WWUS51 KBUF 152219
SVSBUF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
619 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021
NYC013-152230-
/O.CON.KBUF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-211015T2230Z/
Chautauqua NY-
619 PM EDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
At 618 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lake Erie State Park, or near Fredonia, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Dunkirk, Fredonia, Lake Erie State Park, SUNY Fredonia, Portland,
Sheridan, Stockton, Brocton, Arkwright and Cassadaga.
This includes Interstate 90 near exit 59.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4256 7927 4237 7912 4224 7943 4239 7956
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 239DEG 21KT 4235 7940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MitchellThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 1:27 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 5 days | |
| Oct 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 39 min | |
| Oct 15, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| Oct 15, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 23 min |
| Oct 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 22 min |
| Oct 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 45 min |
| Oct 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 30 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.