Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 6:55 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 1986, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 262255 SVRBUF NYC063-073-270000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 655 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NEW YORK...NIAGARA AND ORLEANS ...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED AT 650 PM EDT BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR OBSERVED STRONG THUNDER STORM TO THE NORTH OF NIAGARA ON THE LAKE TO OLCOTT..JUST ALONG THE NIAGARA NEW YORK SHORELINE. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING. . IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. ALL MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SMALL BOATS TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. YOUR NAME OR OPTIONAL FREE FORMAT ACTION STATEMENT PRECEDING REICH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 1:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
135 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986
DO NOT USE AFTER 3PM
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE WESTERN
SOUTHERN TIER AND CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES...
AT 130PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED JUST NORTH OF ERIE
PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 70 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA..ACROSS LAKE ERIE..AND OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO BETWEEN
HAMILTON AND LONDON.
THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. BE ON THE9 LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER..
AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.Local storm report, Sep 26, 2:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
^BUFLSRBUF
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
300 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986
230 PM EDT HIGH WINDS DOWNED WIRES IN BEMUS POINT NY. POWER OUTAGES
OCCURRED IN FALCONER NY. REPORTc FROM CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY C.D.
LEVANSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
435 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986
DO NOT USE AFTER 6PM
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE WESTERN
SOUTHERN TIER AND CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES...
AT 430PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BETWEEN OIL CITY AND
BROOKVILLE PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 90 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM BUFFALO...
ROCHESTER AND ELMIRA...SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN
OIL CITY AND PHILLIPSBURG. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS NEAR WELLSVILLE
IN ALLEGANY COUNTY.
ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN
ONTARIO BETWEEN KITCHENER AND SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY WITH THE HEAVIEST
ACTIVITY ABOUT 60 NORTHWEST OF TORONTO.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
JJPSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
540 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986
DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE WESTERN
SOUTHERN TIER AND CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES...
AT 535PM THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER ONTARIO FROM LAKE SIMCOE
AND GEORGAIN BAY TO NEAR TORONTO...HAMILTON...AND LONDON. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE TORONTO VICINITY WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN
LAKE ONTARIO.
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATEDACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED DURING THE HOUR NEAR LITTLE VALLEY IN
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY NEW YORK.
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERS SCATTERED OVER WESTERN LAKE
ONTARIO...OVER NIAGARA COUNTY...BETWEEN ANGOLA AND DUNKIRK...OVER THE
FINGER LAKES REGION AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.
EGRSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
540 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986
DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE WESTERN
SOUTHERN TIER AND CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES...
AT 535PM THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER ONTARIO FROM LAKE SIMCOE
AND GEORGAIN BAY TO NEAR TORONTO...HAMILTON...AND LONDON. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE TORONTO VICINITY AND WILL BE MOVING
OVER WESTER LAKE ONTARIO.
SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED DURING THE HOUR NEAR LITTLE VALLEY IN
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY NEW YORK.
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WESTERN LAKE
ONTARIO...OVER NIAGARA COUNTY...BETWEEN ANGOLA AND DUNKIRK...OVER THE
FINGER LAKES REGION AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 35 MPH.
REICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.