Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1991, 10:55 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 1991, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1991, 11:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 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 160253 SVRBUF NYC029-150350- BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1055 PM EDT THU AUG 15 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1150 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES... ERIE BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN THE BUFFALO NORTHTOWNS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. GJS
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, Aug 15, 10:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
NYZ001-021-160400 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1030 PM EDT THU AUG 15 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE BUFFALO AREA... AT 1030 PM... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA DURING THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE NOW OVER THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS AND ST CATHARINES AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CROSS THE METRO BUFFALO AREA...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN SUBURBS...DURING THE NEXT HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CROSS THE AREA. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTIWNUED ACROSS ONTARIO WEST AND NORTH OF TORONTO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MCLAUGHLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.