Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1988, 3:25 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 75 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 30, 1988, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1988, 4:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allegany County, NY, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Allegany, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 804 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 301925
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-302030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
325 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
ALLEGANY...SOUTHEAST CATTARAUGUS
AT 325 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND
SOME DAMAGING WINDS WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 45 MPH.
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.
REICHWhat 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 30, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 215 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 205PM... BUFFALO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA EXTENDING INTO WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO. SOME OF THESE THUMDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR... AND SHOULD REACH NIAGARA FALLS AND PORTIONS OF NIAGARA COUNTY WITHIN ONE HALF HOUR. ELSEWHERE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN CHAUTUAUQUA COUNTY AND EXTENDED INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LONDON ONTARIO AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. WEBBER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 225 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY... AT 220PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARDS DANSVILLE AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY HAIL. SCHWIBS
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 235PM... BUFFALO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY... PORTIONS OF THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO. A WIND GUST TO 48 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AT NIAGARA FALLS WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. MOVMENT WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR... AND SHOULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN NIAGARA... WESTERN ORLEANS... AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. ELSEWHERE.... A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM OSWEGO... SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES TO JAMESTOWN... AND YOUNGSTOWN OHIO. 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED AT DANSVILLE... AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED PORTAGEVILLE DURING THE PAST HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BETWEEN LONDON AND HAMILTON ONTARIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS... HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND LARGE HAIL. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. WEBBER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:22 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 320 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 1988 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 315PM... BUFFALO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ORLEANS COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. AT 3 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TREE AND BRANCHES DOWN AT RANDOLPH... ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO REPORTED AT SALAMANCA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION... AND BETWEEN LONDON AND HAMILTON ONTARIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAINS... AND HAIL. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. WEBBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 70 min |
| Jul 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 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.