Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyoming County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 272002 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC121-272100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
401 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WYOMING
AT 400 PM BUFFALO RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH
OF SPRINGVILLE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAS BEEN A HISTORY OF
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
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.
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, Jun 27, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NYZ001-002-003-004-005-021-022-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 235 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF NEW YORK UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. AT 225 PM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THIS ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOUTHERN ERIE...WYOMING... AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THEY SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER AREAS. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
NYZ001-002-003-004-005-021-022-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 235 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF NEW YORK UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. AT 225 PM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES OF NEW YORK. THIS ACTIVITY EXTENDED SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THIS ACTIVITY HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY DURING THE PAST HOUR AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES AS WELL AS SOUTHERN ERIE...WYOMING... AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THEY SHOULD NOT AFFECT THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER AREAS. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. MCLAUGHLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.