Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1993, 10:45 AM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1993, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1993, 11:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 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, 2.8 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 26, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-261245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 730 AM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO... AT 725 AM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ONTARIO BETWEEN HAMILTON AND TORONTO. THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE OUT INTO LAKE ONTARIO SHORTLY. THEY THEN WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE TO THE NIAGARA COUNTY LAKESHORE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 AM. LIGHTER SHOWERS EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THIS AREA ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS GREATER BUFFALO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-261245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 730 PM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO... AT 725 AM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ONTARIO BETWEEN HAMILTON AND TORONTO. THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE OUT INTO LAKE ONTARIO SHORTLY. THEY THEN WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE TO THE NIAGARA COUNTY LAKESHORE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 AM. SHOWERS EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THIS AREA ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS GREATER BUFFALO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:45 AM EDT, 3 hours before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-261245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 730 AM EDT MON JUL 26 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NEARBY SOUTHERN ONTARIO... AT 725 AM...BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ONTARIO BETWEEN HAMILTON AND TORONTO. THESE STORMS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...HAIL...AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE OUT INTO LAKE ONTARIO SHORTLY. THEY THEN WILL MOVE VERY CLOSE TO THE NIAGARA COUNTY LAKESHORE BETWEEN 800 AND 900 AM. LIGHTER SHOWERS EXTENDED SOUTH FROM THIS AREA ACROSS THE NIAGAR$A PENINSULA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS GREATER BUFFALO DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MCLAUGHLIN
Local storm report, Jul 26, 10:22 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMNARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1020 AM EDT MON JULY 26 1993
TIME/ EDT LOCATION/EVENT
945 AM DIME SIZE HAIL. NEWSTEAD, ERIE COUNTY.
1015 AM 0 PING PONG BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. PEMBROKE, GENESEE
COUNTY. SOME CARS EXITING NEW YORK THRUWAY WITH
WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY HAIL. FROM SKYWARN SPOTTER.
LEVANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 90 min |
| Jul 26, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 90 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.