Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 3:56 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBUF 291958 RRA SVRBUF NYC009-292100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 356 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AT 355 PM EDT BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE LITTLE VALLEY-DAYTON AREA. THE STORM 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. SKARI
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, Jun 29, 2:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NYZ006-008-292000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
230 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 225 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH THE
GENESEE VALLEY...AND THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED FROM WATERTOWN TO SYRACUSE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY
15 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN LEWIS
COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOWVILLE.
ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST
OF HAMILTON AND TORONTO SOUTH TO LONDON...AND THEN TO NEAR ERIE.
MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TIER...AND ALSO
THROUGH OSWEGO...LEWIS...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NYZ006-008-292000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
230 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 225 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH THE
GENESEE VALLEY...AND THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED FROM WATERTOWN TO SYRACUSE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY
15 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN LEWIS
COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOWVILLE.
ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST
OF HAMILTON AND TORONTO SOUTH TO LONDON...AND THEN TO NEAR ERIE.
MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TIER...AND ALSO
THROUGH OSWEGO...LEWIS...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECnESSARY.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-292000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
230 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 (COUNTY CODES)
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 225 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH THE
GENESEE VALLEY...AND THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED FROM WATERTOWN TO SYRACUSE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY
15 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN LEWIS
COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOWVILLE.
ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST
OF HAMILTON AND TORONTO SOUTH TO LONDON...AND THEN TO NEAR ERIE.
MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TIER...AND ALSO
THROUGH OSWEGO...LEWIS...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-292000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
230 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 (COUNTY CODES)
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 225 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR ROCHESTER SOUTH THROUGH THE
GENESEE VALLEY...AND THEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SCATTERED FROM WATERTOWN TO SYRACUSE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY
15 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER. ALSO...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED IN LEWIS
COUNTY 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOWVILLE.
ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST
OF HAMILTON AND TORONTO SOUTH TO LONDON...AND THEN TO NEAR ERIE.
MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TIER...AND ALSO
THROUGH OSWEGO...LEWIS...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-292100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
335 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 325 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK...AND
ALSO ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF LONDON AND TORONTO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ROCHESTER...JUST NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...
30 MILES NORTH OF ELMIRA...AND JUST WEST OF TORONTO. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. FOR THE MOST PART...BUFFALO SHOULD REMAIN RAINFREE.
THE MOST CONCENTRATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THROUGH THE FINGER
LAKES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER.
MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE MAINLY IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S WITH
MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 3:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-292100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
335 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 325 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK...AND
ALSO ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND SOUTHERN ONTARIO TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF LONDON AND TORONTO. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ROCHESTER...JUST NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN...
30 MILES NORTH OF ELMIRA...AND JUST WEST OF TORONTO. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. FOR THE MOST PART...BUFFALO SHOULD REMAIN RAINFREE.
THE MOST CONCENTRATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE THROUGH THE FINGER
LAKES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN TIER.
MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE MAINLY IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S WITH
MODERATE SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON...AND TAKE
SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
GURNEYNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.