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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 1992Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:40 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 150001 COR
SVRBUF
NYC029-150015-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
740 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

   ...ERIE COUNTY...

AT 740 PM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
THE SOUTH WALES AREA AND 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.

IF 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 58 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 41 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, 50 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, 28 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.

SCHWIBS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 4:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans60 min
Jul 14, 4:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Orleans65 min
Jul 14, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee60 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWyoming60 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.