Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 10, 1992Erie County, Genesee County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 9:35 PM EDT for Erie County, Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 55 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 10, 1992, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 1992, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 10, 10:10 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Erie, 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 18 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 546 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1132 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 110149
SVRBUF
NYC029-037-110230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
935 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY...GENESEE COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
AT 920 PM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO MONITOR A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO...SOUTHWEST
ACROSS NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES...THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND
CENTRAL LAKE ERIE.
 
THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 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.
 
REMEMBER...A THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER &APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	75 min
Aug 10, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	70 min
Aug 11, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	59 min
Aug 11, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.