Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 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, 11.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 182304 SVRBUF NYC029-190000- BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 705 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...ERIE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ERIE COUNTY AT THIS TIME HAVE HAD WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED CLOSE TO 50 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 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 PLAC&E IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. SAGE
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, Sep 18, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NYZ001<005-021-022-182212- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 513 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EIGHT WESTERN NEW YORK COUNTIES AND MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 500 PM... AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WAS DETECTED OVER NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONDON...NORTHEAST ACROSS HAMILTON AND TORONTO TO NEAR PETERBOROUGH. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER TORONTO AND JUST WEST OF HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. IN HOMES AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT IS THE SAFEST PLACE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KUHL
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
NYZ001<005-021-022-182238- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 538 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EIGHT WESTERN NEW YORK COUNTIES AND MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 525 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRETCHED ACROSS NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM 25 MILES EAST OF LONDON ...NORTHEAST ACROSS HAMILTON AND TORONTO TO JUST SOUTH OF PETERBOROUGH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE ERIE...ALL OF LAKE ONTARIO AND PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM ERIE TO BRADFORD. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER TORONTO AND HAMILTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. IN HOMES AN INTERIOR ROOM OR THE BASEMENT IS THE SAFEST PLACE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KUHL
Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:09 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
NYZ001<005-021-022-182310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 610 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EIGHT WESTERN NEW YORK COUNTIES AND MONROE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...IS APPROACHING WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 602 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS STRETCHED FROM LONG POINT ONTARIO...NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO TO NEAR PETERBOROUGH. THESE THUNDER STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO...EASTERN LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM ERIE TO BRADFORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NIAGARA FALLS AND BUFFALO AREAS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. IN HOMES AN INTERIOR ROOM OR THE BASEMENT IS THE SAFEST PLACE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. KUHL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.