Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 2:20 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 100 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 2:20 AM EDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 100 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chautauqua County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 180620
SVRBUF
NYC013-180800-
BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
220 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK
COUNTIES...
CHAUTAUQUA
AT 220 AM BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
A WIND GUST OF 69 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AS THIS THUNDERSTORM
PASSED SOUTH OF ERIE.
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.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM.
REMINGTONWhat 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, Jun 18, 12:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NIAGARA FALLS. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM NORTHERN LAKE SIMCOE IN ONTARIO TO SOUTHWESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SHOWERS CONTAINED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS ON LINE FROM TORONTO ONTARIO TO LONG POINT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE NIAGARA FALLS AND BUFFALO AREAS WITHIN AN HOUR. BOATERS ON WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO AND ALL OF LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELYB. CHT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NIAGARA FALLS. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM NORTHERN LAKE SIMCOE IN ONTARIO TO SOUTHWESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SHOWERS CONTAINED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS ON LINE FROM TORONTO ONTARIO TO LONG POINT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE NIAGARA FALLS AND BUFFALO AREAS WITHIN AN HOUR. BOATERS ON WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO AND ALL OF LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CHT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:44 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 130 AM EDT THU JUNE 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM 60 MILES WEST OF TORONTO ONTARIO TO CLEVELAND OHIO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SHOWERS CONTAINED THUNDERSTORMS AND WAS ON LINE FROM LONG POINT ONTARIO TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN OHIO. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS. THE AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON EASTERN LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TORONTO THE LAST HOUR DISSIPATED RAPIDLY ANDB ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WIDELY SCATTERED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF NIAGARA FALLS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE SIMCOE IN ONTARIO REMAINED. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. CHT
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.