Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 4:50 PM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1992, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Niagara County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KBUF 022055
SVRBUF
NYC063-022200-
BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
450 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK
COUNTIES...
NIAGARA
AT 450 PM BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN
LAKE ONTARIO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSTOWN. ANOTHER SEVERE
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCKPORT IN NIAGARA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR INDICATED THE POSSIBILITY
OF HAIL WITH BOTH STORMS.
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.
THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM.
NIZIOLWhat 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, May 2, 2:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NYZ002-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 200 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WWITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 2 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL EXTENDING FROM LAKE ONTARIO NORTH OF KENDAL SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENTERING WESTERN MONROE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND... POSSIBLE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. KB IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS. PLEASE REDUCE YOUR SPEED IN THE FOG AREAS AND REMEMBER TO USE ONLY LOWBEAM HEADLIGHTS. SCHWIBS
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NYZ002-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 200 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WWITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 2 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL EXTENDING FROM LAKE ONTARIO NORTH OF KENDAL SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENTERING WESTERN MONROE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND... POSSIBLE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. KB AFTERNOON ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS. PLEASE REDUCE YOUR SPEED IN THE FOG AREAS AND REMEMBER TO USE ONLY LOWBEAM HEADLIGHTS. SCHWIBS
Special weather statement, May 2, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
NYZ002-241900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 200 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WWITH HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK... AT 2 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL EXTENDING FROM LAKE ONTARIO NORTH OF KENDAL SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND SHOULD BE ENTERING WESTERN MONROE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WIND... POSSIBLE HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. KB
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:34 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-022200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992
...A SPECIAL MARIEN WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM DUNKIRK
TO BUFFALO INCLUDING BUFFALO HARBOUR UNTIL 530 PM
...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ONTARIO FROM THE
NIAGARA RIVER TO ROCHESTER UNTIL 6 PM
....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK
UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.
AT 430 PM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL OVER LAKE ONTARIO JUST NORTHEAST
OF HAMILTON AND ANOTHER 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONDON ONTARIO. THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WERE OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE
SOUTH OF DUNNVILLE...OVER CENTRAL LAKE ONTARIO AND CENTRAL NIAGARA COUNTY.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED ALL OF NEARBY SOUTHERN
ONTARIO AND LAKE ONTARIO.
SCATTERED SHOW\ERS WERE LOCATED FROM ROCHESTER SOUTH INTO NORTHERN
STEUBEN COUNTY.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
PUKAJLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 67 min |
| May 2, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 75 min |
| May 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 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.