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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 16, 2024Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2024, 2:04 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 16, 2024, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2024, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Cayuga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 16, 11:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

065 
WFUS51 KBUF 161804
TORBUF
NYC011-161830-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0022.240716T1804Z-240716T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
204 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Cayuga County in central New York...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 204 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Jordan, or 9 miles southwest of Baldwinsville,
  moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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...
  Weedsport, Cato, and Meridian.

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 4311 7649 4310 7650 4304 7649 4303 7655
      4317 7659 4320 7648 4315 7647 4314 7649
      4313 7648 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 238DEG 37KT 4310 7651 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Reynolds

1 follow-up statement

798 
WWUS51 KBUF 161825
SVSBUF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

NYC011-161834-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-240716T1830Z/
Cayuga NY-
225 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CAYUGA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM EDT...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for
central New York.

&&

LAT...LON 4311 7649 4310 7650 4304 7649 4303 7655
      4317 7659 4320 7648 4315 7647 4314 7649
      4313 7648 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 238DEG 37KT 4316 7638 

$$

Reynolds

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 10:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 min
Jul 16, 10:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Orleans	28 min
Jul 16, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Niagara, Orleans	31 min
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		56 min
Jul 16, 11:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming	57 min
Jul 16, 12:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jul 16, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		85 min
Jul 16, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	55 min
Jul 16, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		60 min
Jul 16, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne	71 min
Jul 16, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	53 min
Jul 16, 1:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 16, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	78 min
Jul 16, 2:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	65 min
Jul 16, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	37 min
Jul 16, 3:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Lewis	2 hr

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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.