Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 082331
SVRBUF
NYC009-090030-
BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
730 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK
COUNTIES...
CATTARAUGUS
AT 730 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ELLICOTTVILLE AND NEAR
SALAMANCA NEW YORK. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
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.
REMINGTON1 follow-up statement
000
TTAA00 KBUF 082327 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC003-090030-
BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
730 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK
COUNTY...
ALLEGANY
AT 730 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF ELLICOTTVILLE
IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINED HEAVY RAINFALL AS IT MOVED ACROSS
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AND STRONG WINDS DOWNED A FEW TREES IN WESTERN
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
THE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF
ALLEGANY COUNTY AROUND 745 PM.
BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE
DRAINAGE FLOODING.
IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION.
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, Aug 8, 4:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-082145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 445 PM EST SAT AUG 8 1992 DO NOT USE AFTER 6 PM... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES...THE WESTERN FINGERLAKES REGION AND THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT... AT 425 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM THE SOUTERH END OF LAKE SIMCOE...SOUTH TO THE WEST OF TORONTO TO NEAR HAMILTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. TWO THUNDERSTORMS...ALSO WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE. THE FIRST WAS OVER LONG POINT...WHILE THE SECOND WAS ALONG THE LAKE SHORE OVER ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE... A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK EAST OF THE GENESSE RIVER TO NEAR SYRACUSE AND BINGHAMTOM. SHOWERS WERE ALSO DETECTED NEAR BRADFORD PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KUHL
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NYZ002-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 603 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR MONROE...LIVINGSTON...GENESSE...YATES...ORLEANS...ONTARIO...AND WYOMING COUNTIES... AT 555 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO TO NEAR NIAGARA COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY BETWEEN 7 AND 730 THIS EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ERIE AND CAUTAUQUA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WlARNINGS. TD
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
NYZ002-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 729 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR MONROE...LIVINGSTON...GENESEE...YATES...ORLEANS...ONTARIO...AND WYOMING COUNTIES... AT 720 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WEST CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE ORLEANS AND NIAGARA COUNTY SHORELINES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND MAY EFFECT EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 60 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.