Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 4:00 AM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orleans County, NY
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 140808 COR SVRBUF NYC073-140900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 400 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW YORK ...ORLEANS COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 400AM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEDINA IN ORLEANS COUNTY NEW YORK. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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. REICH
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, Jul 14, 1:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-140640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 140 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF NEW YORK STATE... AT 125 AM...BUFFALO RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH EXTENDED FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE IN OHIO... NORTHEAST ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON ONTARIO. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ERIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS 115 MILES WIDE WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR KITCHNER ONTARIO...SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN NIAGARA PENINSULA...EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND INTO NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR ERIE...BROOKVILLE AND BRADFORD. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH WESTERN NEW YORK AROUND 3 AM....AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS. l KUHL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-140745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 245 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 225 AM...BUFFALO RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... NEAR JAMESTOWN AND BROCTON. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER LAKE ERIE...JUST SOUTH OF LONGPOINT ONTARIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 115 MILES WIDE...WHICH COVERED NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO... FROM PETERBOROUGH...SOUTH ACROSS TORONTO...HAMILTON AND THE NIAGARA PENINSULA. THE SHOWERS THEN EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND ON INTO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NEAR ERIE..BRADFORD AND PHILLIPSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES WITHIN AN HOUR AND WILL APPROACH THE GENESEE RIVER VALLEY BY AROUND 430 AM. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWPOURS. KUHL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:42 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.