Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1988, 2:16 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 14, 1988, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1988, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Niagara, NY | |
| Jul 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Orleans, 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, 6.3 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
- 1275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 141818
SVRBUF
NYC063-073-141915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
216 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NEW YORK
...NIAGARA...ORLEANS
AT 215 PM...BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST 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 FLOODING.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, Jul 14, 12:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 1247 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LIVINGSTON AND MONROE COUNTIES... AT 1245 PM EDT RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM &ALONG THE MONROE LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 TO 35 MPH. $$REC
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 112 PM EDT THU JUL 14 1988 ...RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS... AT 110 PM EDT RADAR SHOWS RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVR SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON NORTHERN LINGINSTON AND MONROE COUNTIES. OTHERS ARE DEVELOPING IN GENESSEE AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD AT 45 TO 50 MPH. AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON SHOWERS AND THUNDE<RSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPE THROUGHTOUT THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES REGION. $$REC
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 140 PM EDT THUR JUL 14 1988 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 130 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NIAGARA..ERIE...ORLEANS ...GENESEE...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF BUFFALO...NORTH OF PALMYRA...AND OVER SYRACUSE NEW YORK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN THE GENESEE RIVER AND THE CENTRAL FINGER LAKES...AND FROM NORTHERN CAYUGA LAKE TO ONEIDA LAKE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ONTARIO BETWEEN LONDON AND TORONTO. SHOWERS ALSO EXTENDED FROM TORONTO TO PORT COBOURG. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVIKNG EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AM HOUR. PRL
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.