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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 10, 2024Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2024, 2:17 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports 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: Jul 10, 2024, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 2:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Canandaigua, NY	Powerlines down in Canandaigua. Time estimated from radar.
Jul 10, 2:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wnw Rushville, NY	Tree down on wires.
Jul 10, 3:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Se Phelps, NY	Tree down blocking both lanes on Pre Emption Rd.

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
Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 543 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

148 
WFUS51 KBUF 101817
TORBUF
NYC069-117-101900-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0009.240710T1817Z-240710T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
217 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Wayne County in western New York...
  Ontario County in western New York...

* Until 300 PM EDT.

* At 217 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Honeoye, or 12 miles southwest of Canandaigua,
  moving northeast at 45 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...
  Geneva, Canandaigua, Newark, Palmyra, Victor, Bristol, Clifton
  Springs, Phelps, Bloomfield, and Naples.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 42 and 44.
 
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.

If on or near Canandaigua Lake, get away from the water and move to 
safe shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can produce 
large capsizing waves, even on small bodies of water. Move into dock 
and seek safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a 
thunderstorm.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4274 7761 4314 7726 4302 7695 4301 7696
      4287 7696 4286 7698 4276 7697 4276 7731
      4271 7735 4261 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 227DEG 38KT 4275 7742 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

HSK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 9:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		40 hr
Jul 10, 3:15 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	19 hr
Jul 10, 4:37 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	BUF	Monroe, Niagara, Orleans	17 hr
Jul 10, 7:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Orleans	41 min
Jul 10, 7:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jul 10, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		66 min
Jul 10, 10:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	60 min
Jul 10, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	59 min
Jul 10, 11:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	64 min
Jul 10, 11:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
Jul 10, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jul 10, 11:48 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	27 min
Jul 10, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		83 min
Jul 10, 12:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	66 min
Jul 10, 12:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	24 min
Jul 10, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston	75 min
Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		89 min
Jul 10, 12:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BUF	Erie	31 min
Jul 10, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Jul 10, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	48 min
Jul 10, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	31 min
Jul 10, 1:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	33 min
Jul 10, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	63 min
Jul 10, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		52 min
Jul 10, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	57 min
Jul 10, 1:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario	39 min
Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BUF	Lewis	22 min
Jul 10, 1:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Allegany	33 min
Jul 10, 1:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Oswego	47 min
Jul 10, 1:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	BUF	Genesee, Monroe, Orleans	20 min
Jul 10, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		89 min
Jul 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	42 min
Jul 10, 2:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	24 min
Jul 10, 2:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	28 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	34 min
Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	39 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	48 min
Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	29 min
Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		90 min
Jul 10, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	49 min
Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	46 min
Jul 10, 3:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Lewis	7 hr
Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	51 min
Jul 10, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	40 min
Jul 10, 4:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	40 min
Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		39 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Oswego	28 min
Jul 10, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	28 min
Jul 10, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	56 min
Jul 10, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	43 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.