Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 5:20 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 30, 1990, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:45 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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 302120
SVRBUF
NYC063-073-302215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
520 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
EASTERN NIAGARA...ORLEANS
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT LAKE WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
AT 515 PM BUFFALO RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLEANS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 60 MILES AN
HOUR AND HAIL WHEN IT PASSES NEAR OSHAWA ONTARIO.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.