Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Jul 23, 1991, 2:19 AM EDT (06:19 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1991, 3:15 AM EDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, 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.

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TTAA00 KBUF 230620
SVRBUF
NYC003-009-230715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
219 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN  NEW YORK
          ...ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS

AT 210 AM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF CHUATAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN FREDONIA AND THE TOWN OF SHERIDAN.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO
CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN
HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION.

WEBBER

In the hours before

NYZ001-022-230700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
140 AM EDT TUE JUL 23 1991

DO NOT USE AFTER 3 AM...

AT 140 AM...A GROWING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF EASTERN
LAKE ERIE...THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA...AND PORIONS OF
SOUTHWEST NEW YORK.

THE ACTIVITY WAS MOST CONCENTRATED IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH STRETCHED
FROM LONG POINT...EAST ACROSS THE LAKE INTO NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA AND
EXTREME SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR
GOWANDA...DUNKIRK...AND 10 MILES NORTH OF WESTFIELD.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...AND GUSTY WINDS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO NEAR
WATERTOWN...AND OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK EAST OF SYRACUSE.

A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO FROM
ST THOMAS BACK TO DETROIT.

MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SFM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.