Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1991, 12:50 AM EST for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 70 min. 3 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
- Mar 28, 1991, 12:50 AM EST (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1991, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:30 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, NY | |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Niagara, NY | |
| Mar 28, 2:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 563 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 280544 SVRBUF NYC029-063-280700- BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1250 AM EST THU MAR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES... ERIE AND NIAGARA AND THE NEARBY WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 1240 AM BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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. [ SAGE
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, Mar 27, 9:47 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-280800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
945 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991
...HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN NEW YORK FOR
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...
AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO PUSH
A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS FOR LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...
THE CENTRAL WESTERN COUNTIES... THE WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO
COUNTIES... THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER... THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES
REGION... THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER... AND THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO
COUNTIES.
HIGH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN FINGER LAKES REGION
THURSDAY MORNING... AND A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER AS THE SITUATION
DEVELOPS.
AT 930 PM WINDS WERE GUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 60 MPH IN PARTS OF LOWER
MICHIGAN...WESTERN OHIO AND INDIANA. THESE WINDS WILL REACH WESTERN
NEW YORK AFTER MIDNIGHT. ESPECIALLY STRONG WINDS MAY BE FELT OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN TIER. YOU MAY WANT TO BRING IN YOUR
TRASH CANS AND ANY OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR YARD...
AS THEY WILL PROBABLY BE BLOWN ABOUT TONIGHT.
SOME LAKE SHORE FLOODING AND EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT ALONG
THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SHORELINE PROPERTY IN AREAS TYPICALLY AFFECTED BY
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS.
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR LAKES ERIE AND OWNTARIO.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
RDMSpecial weather statement, Mar 27, 9:50 PM EST, 3 hours before
NYZ002-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 945 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES FOR LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 930 PM WINDS WERE GUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 60 MPH IN PARTS OF LOWER MICHIGAN...WESTERN OHIO AND INDIANA. THESE WINDS WILL REACH WESTERN NEW YORK AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU MAY WANT TO BRING IN YOUR TRASH CANS AND ANY OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR YARD...AS THEY WILL PROBABLY BE BLOWN ABOUT TONIGHT. SOME LAKE SHORE FLOODING AND EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SHORELINE PROPERTY IN AREAS TYPICALLY AFFECTED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER IN`FORMATION. REC
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 9:51 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NYZ002-280800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 950 PM EST WED MAR 27 1991 ...HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES FOR LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES IS FORECAST TO PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. AT 930 PM WINDS WERE GUSTING TO AS MUCH AS 60 MPH IN PARTS OF LOWER MICHIGAN...WESTERN OHIO AND INDIANA. THESE WINDS WILL REACH WESTERN NEW YORK AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU MAY WANT TO BRING IN YOUR TRASH CANS AND ANY OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS YOU MAY HAVE IN YOUR YARD...AS THEY WILL PROBABLY BE BLOWN ABOUT TONIGHT. SOME LAKE SHORE FLOODING AND EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO. PERSONS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SHORELINE PROPERTY IN AREAS TYPICALLY AFFECTED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFOaRMATION. REC
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:35 AM EST, 15 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EST THU MAR 28 1991 DO NOT USE AFTER 2AM ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 6AM... AT 1230 AM...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...COVERED MOST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO...EXTREME WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO...PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE ERIE...AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY RAN FROM OSHAWA TO GRIMSBY TO NEAR ERIE...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS EMBEDDED NEAR LONG POINT...WITH ANOTHER NEAR HAMILTON. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOV"ING RACING EAST AT ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH THE BUFFALO METRO AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2AM. SFM
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 12:40 AM EST, 10 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EST THU MAR 28 1991 DO NOT USE AFTER 2AM ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 6AM... AT 1230 AM...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...COVERED MOST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO...EXTREME WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO...PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE ERIE...AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY RAN FROM OSHAWA TO GRIMSBY TO NEAR ERIE...OR ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS EMBEDDED NEAR LONG POINT...WITH ANOTHER NEAR HAMILTON. THE ACTIVITY WAS( RACING EAST AT ABOUT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH THE BUFFALO METRO AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 2AM. SFM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 80 min |
| Mar 28, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 100 min |
| Mar 28, 1:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 75 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.