Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1993, 2:50 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1993, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 70 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, 6.8 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 051852 RRA SVRBUF NYC121-052000- BULLETIN EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 250 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING NEW YORK COUNTIES...WYOMING. AT 245 PM EDT BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY SOUTH OF WARSAW. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 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. JJP
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, May 5, 1:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NYZ002-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 130 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE ROCHESTER AREA... AT 125 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS PEA SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGTHNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TD
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-051840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 125 PM DST WED MAY 5 1993 DO NOT USE AFTER 3 PM AT 125 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST AND JUST SOUTH OF ROCHESTER AND IN PENNSYLAVANIA 20 MILES SOUTH OF WARREN. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM LONDON NORTHEAST TO LAKE SIMCOE...OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO...THE GENESEE RIVER VALLEY...AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES AND THE CENTRAL WESTERN COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU DETECT THUNDERSTORMS HEADING IN YOUR DIRECTION...TAKE COVER IN THE NEAREST SHELTER. NEVER BE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN OR UNDER ISOLATED TREES DURING THUNDERSTORMS. PUKAJLO
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:59 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
NYZ002-051900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER NY 158 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY... AT 155 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEAR AVON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MONROE COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 2 PM. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TD
Special weather statement, May 5, 2:33 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-051945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 233 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON... WARM...MOIST AIR AND AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM HAVE COMBINED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. MOST WERE PRODUCING BRIEF...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING... AND SOME HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT AVON AND AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT BETWEEN 130 AND 2PM. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR THAT WILL REMAIN WITH USE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF OUT ON THE WATER...RETURN TO SHORE AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. RDM '&X6WWUS q`WWUS T_66WWUS EWWUS* L WUUS@ Pc<6WWUS6 (X( WUUS t|q`WWUS .ATIOdata/warningXWOUSb: M=HWWJP$ V6WWUSz h>TWEPAr |6WWUSZ 0hDf6WWUS~ jyWWUS Aw` WUUS [AWWUS
Special weather statement, May 5, 2:36 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-051945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 233 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1993 THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON... WARM...MOIST AIR AND AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM HAVE COMBINED TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON. MOST WERE PRODUCING BRIEF...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING... AND SOME HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT AVON AND AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT BETWEEN 130 AND 2PM. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK AND BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR THAT WILL REMAIN WITH USE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF OUT ON THE WATER...RETURN TO SHORE AND WAIT FOR THE STORM TO PASS. RDM
Special weather statement, May 5, 2:37 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NYZ001-021-022-002-003-004-005-051940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 225 PM DST WED MAY 5 1993 DO NOT USE AFTER 4 PM AT 225 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST LAKE ONTARIO...OVER SPRINGVILLE...JUST SOUTHEAST OF OLEAN AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLINVILLE. OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE GENESEE RIVER VALLEY...MOST OF ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...ORLEANS ...GENESEE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ONTARIO FROM HAMILTON NORTHEAST TO LAKE SIMCOE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU DETECT THUNDERSTORMS HEADING IN YOUR DIRECTION...TAKE COVER IN THE NEAREST SHELTER. NEVER BE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN OR UNDER ISOLATED TREES DURING THUNDERSTORMS. PUKAJLO
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.