Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyoming County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 142317 SVRBUF NYC121-150015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 715 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NEW YORK ...WYOMING COUNTY... AT 715 PM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL ON THE ERIE COUNTY WYOMING COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF WALES IN ERIE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 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. IF2 THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. EGR
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, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-151200- BULLETIN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 530 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL WESTERN COUNTIES...WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO COUNTIES...WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER AND WESTERN AND EASTERN FINGER LAKES REGION AND THE COUNTIES EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER. A STATIONARY FRONT STALLED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WILL BE THE FOCUS OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. MANY AREAS HAVE RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVERNIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE FLOOD WATCH MEANS A FLOD THREAT EXISTS IN THE INDICATED AREA. CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NIZIOL
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-142200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 532 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING WEST OF BUFFALO AN AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM LONDON ONTARIO TO NEAR KINGSTON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR LONG POINT TO HAMILTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM BUFFALO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF FAIR HAVEN NEW YORK. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR BATAVIA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER FROM JAMESTOWN TO NEAR BINGHAMTON. MANY OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEY ALSO MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING... [ ] ...STRONG WINDS...AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CHT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:50 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-142345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 631 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 DO NOT USE AFTER 8 PM AT 631 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WAS OVER MUCH OF NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES... EXTREME EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND THE EASTERN NIAGARA PENINSULA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE SCATTERED IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM EXTREME EASTERN OHIO EAST ACROSS THE ERIE PENNSYLVANIA AREA THEN CONTINUED EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN NEW YORK SOUTHERN TIER. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED THE WESTERN HALF OF LAKE ONTARIO...EASTERN LAKE ERIE...PARTS OF THE FINGERLAKES REGION AND MUCH OF NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. RAINS FROM SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY. PUKAJLO
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:12 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
NYZ002-150030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY
710 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA...
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE HEADED FOR
GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE NORTHERN GENESEE VALLEY...
AT 650 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT A CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE JUST WEST
OF THE NORTHERN GENESEE VALLEY.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD
REACH MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 7 PM.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE ABOVE AREA BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN.S...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING.
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SCHWIBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 60 min |
| 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, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
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.