Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1988, 8:02 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 16, 1988, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1988, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chautauqua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Chautauqua, 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 170003
SVRBUF
NYC013-170100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
802 PM EDT JUL 16 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NEW YORK
...CHAUTAUQUA
AT 800 PM...BUFFALO RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN EXTENDING FROM EASTERN LAKE ERIE INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLoOODING.
LEVANWhat 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, Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 235 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296 IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TIL 10 PM EDT... AT 235 PM EDT BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK INTO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR COORY AND UNION CITY TO SOUTH OF ERIE. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ASLO JUST SOUTH OF LITTLE VALLEY IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. A STONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER JAMESTOWN NEW YORK. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO NEAR LONDON. SOME OF THESE STORMS CAN HAVE VERY= HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. BE ON THE ALERT FOR SUDDEN DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. REICH
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 440 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 AT 439 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIP OF ONTARIO COUNTY WEST OF NAPLES. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING YATES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEAT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON T HE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL KB
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 440 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 AT 439 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIP OF ONTARIO COUNTY WEST OF NAPLES. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING YATES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. KB
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 545 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296 IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM EDT... AT 530 PM...BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON AND ONTARIO COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO IN AN AREA BETWEEN LONDON..TORONTO..AND THE NIAGARA PENINSULA. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM ERIE PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE TO BINGHAMTON NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LEVAN
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 645 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296 IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM EDT... AT 630 PM...BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY OF NEW YORK. LARGE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAIL STRETCHED FROM LONDON ONTARIO ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND PARTS OF NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES TO CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM ERIE TO SOUTH OF BINGHAMTON NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARN:INGS. LEVAN
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:45 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 745 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 296 IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM EDT... AT 730 PM...BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY OF NEW YORK. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST PENNYSLVANIA BETWEEN ERIE AND BRADFORD. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LONDON ONTARIO ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA TO PARTS OF NIAGARA COUNTY NEW YORK. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POaSSIBLE WARNINGS. LEVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
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.