Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 5:10 PM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 4, 1992, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Niagara, 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 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 042112 SVRBUF NYC063-NYC029-042200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 510 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK NIAGARA AND ERIE COUNTIES AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO... AT 509PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THOROLD ONTARIO ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NIAGARA PENINSULA. IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NIAGARA AND ERIE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 600PM. THE THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...HAIAND STRONG WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHE`R APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION.
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, Aug 4, 12:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
NYZ-003-004-005-041700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1233 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK. AT 1233 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE EASTERN END OF LAKE ONTARIO TO NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS COVERED MUCH OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION...THE SOUTHERN TIER BETWEEN CUBA AND ELMIRA...WYOMING AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY. A HEAVY SHOWER WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF HORNELL NEW YORK AND A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARREN PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO DEVELOPED OVER ONTARIO FROM 25 MILES WEST TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORONTO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. [ THE TORNADO WATCH WAS FOR NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA EAST OF A LINE FROM WILLIAMSPORT P$ENNSYLVANIA TO MASSENA NEW YORK. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. CHT
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
NYZ-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 130 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR THE EASTERN FINGER LAKES REGION...SYRACUSE...AND BINGHAMTON. AT 130 PM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK EAST OF A LINE FROM BINGHAMTON TO PLATTSBURG. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO TO WILLIAMPORT PENNSYLVANIA COVERING MUCH OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION IN NEW YORK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE VALLEY NEW YORK TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO SCATTERED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORONTO. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. CHT
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
NYZ-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 130 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN DROPPED FOR THE EASTERN FINGER LAKES REGION...SYRACUSE...AND BINGHAMTON. AT 130 PM...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NEW YORK EAST OF A LINE FROM BINGHAMTON TO PLATTSBURG. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO TO WILLIAMPORT PENNSYLVANIA COVERING MUCH OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION IN NEW YORK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE VALLEY NEW YORK TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO SCATTERED FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TORONTO. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. CHT
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.