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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 11, 1992Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1992, 12:11 AM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 1992, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 1992, 1:10 AM EDT
In force: 59 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 00:00Z, 4.2 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.

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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 110413
SVRBUF
NYC009-003-110510-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1211 AM EDT TUE AUG 11 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...

                   CATTARAUGUS ALLEGANY

AT 1210 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON THE CATTARAUGUS
ERIE COUNTY LINE NEAR SPRINGVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST.

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.

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, Aug 10, 8:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-110145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
845 PM EST MON AUG 11 1992

DO NOT USE AFTER 10 PM.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS UP FOR MOST OF WESTERN NEW YORK UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...

AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM LONDON NORTHEAST ACROSS HAMILTON TO
WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO AND OVER EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO AND BETWEEN
PETERBOROUGH AND KINGSTON.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY AND MUCH OF NEARBY SOUTHERN
ONATRIO.

MOVEMENT ID EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RRM

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

NYZ002-110230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT-THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY
919 PM EDT MON AUG 8 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR
MONROE...LIVINGSTON...GENESEE...YATES...ORLEANS...ONTARIO...WYOMING
WAYNE...AND SENECA COUNTIES...

AT 915 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM
WEST CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN LAKE ERIE SHORE.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35
MPH AND WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY SHORTLY.

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO F0OR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TD

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-110340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1035 PM EST MON AUG 11 1992

DO NOT USE AFTER 12 AM...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK
FROM THE CENTRAL FINGER LAKES REGION WESTWARD UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT.

AT 1030 PM...THE BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR WAS TEMPORARILY OUT FOR MAINTENANCE.

HOWEVER, ERIE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRETCHING FROM EASTERN
LAKE ERIE...THEN NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF ERIE AND GENESEE COUNTIES TO
ROCHESTER AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THR\EATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY.

KUHL

Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:15 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1115 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

940 PM EDT  SEVERAL TREES DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS ALONG ROUTE 104
            IN THE TOWNS OF CARLTON AND GAINES IN ORLEANS COUNTY
            REPORTED BY ORLEANS COUNTY SHERIFF

1010 PM EDT  DIME SIZED HAIL IN TOWN OF LANCASTER IN ERIE COUNTY
             REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTER

REMINGTON

Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY
1138 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

TIME       DAY/DATE  EVENT
1015 PM    8/10/92   WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF A HOUSE ON TOWN LINE ROAD IN
              J       WAYNE COUNTY. FROM WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF.

TD

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:51 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-110440-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1150 PM EST MON AUG 11 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
NEW YORKR.

RRM

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, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee	55 min
Aug 10, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	70 min
Aug 11, 12:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	60 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.