Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1987, 1:28 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1987, 1:28 AM EDT (05:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1987, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cattaraugus, NY | |
| Jun 13, 2:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cattaraugus, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 130528 SVRBUF NYC009-130630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 128 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NEW YORK...CATTARAUGUS AT 115 AM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED 3 INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE ALSO CAUSED FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND STREETS IN SOME AREAS. 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. TAN
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, Jun 12, 11:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 1145 PM EDT FRI JUN 12 1987 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 1140 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGHN MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS ...HEAVY R`AIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHWIBS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1210 AM EDT SAY JUN 13 1987 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE BUFFALO AREA FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER FROM NORTH BUFFALO REPORTED .67 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD FROM THE ACTIVITY. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. LISTEN FOR FU}RTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NIZIOL
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:17 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1210 AM EDT SAY JUN 13 1987 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE BUFFALO AREA FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER FROM NORTH BUFFALO REPORTED .67 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD FROM THE ACTIVITY. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE WATER PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NIZIOL
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1210 AM EDT SAY JUN 13 1987 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE BUFFALO AREA FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR. A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER FROM NORTH BUFFALO REPORTED .67 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD FROM THE ACTIVITY. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE WATER PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NIZIOL
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1235AM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987 AT 1230 AM THE BUFFALO RADAR HAS BEEN KNOCKED OUT BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE. REPORTS FROM THE WEATHER RADAR AT ERIE PENNSYLVANIA INDICATE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OBER SOUTHERN ERIE AND GENESEE COUTNIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDED ACROSS EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK BETWEEN BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE. THESE STORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED AS MUCH AS 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN A NUMBER OF AREAS. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES...AND SOME BASEMENT AND STREET FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TAN
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:03 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 100 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 1987 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 1240 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE. THE LINE IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS ...HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 70 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.