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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2026, 6:07 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 23 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
- Sep 2, 2026, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Barker, NY | NWS Storm Survey found thunderstorm wind damage in the town of Hartland, with peak winds estimated at 90 to 95 mph. Several dozen trees were uprooted and snapped, all laying to the southeast in the direction of storm motion. Most were softwood, with one hard m |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
774
WFUS51 KBUF 022207
TORBUF
NYC063-073-022230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0008.260902T2207Z-260902T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
607 PM EDT Wed Sep 2 2026
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Niagara County in western New York...
West central Orleans County in western New York...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 607 PM EDT, a confirmed waterspout was located just offshore
near Newfane, or 13 miles north of Lockport, moving southeast at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed waterspout moving onshore.
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...
Medina, Newfane, Middleport, Ridgeway, Lyndonville, Barker,
Gasport, Olcott, and Appleton.
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 4334 7882 4339 7856 4327 7826 4313 7857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 309DEG 27KT 4336 7872
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
SGKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| Sep 2, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 94 min | |
| Sep 2, 6:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 68 min | |
| Sep 2, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 7:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 91 min | |
| Sep 2, 8:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 2 more | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 9:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 9:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Sep 2, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 117 min | |
| Sep 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Sep 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 77 min |
| Sep 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 2 hr | |
| Sep 2, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Sep 2, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 114 min | |
| Sep 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 73 min |
| Sep 2, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 54 min |
| Sep 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 116 min | |
| Sep 2, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 43 min | |
| Sep 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Oswego and 2 more | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Livingston, Wyoming | 79 min |
| Sep 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 34 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.