Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 2:57 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Genesee County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 021901 RRA SVRBUF NYC037-022000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 257 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...GENESEE COUNTY AT 300 PM BUFFALO RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER AKRON NEW YORK. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING HAIL AND WILL BE MOVING INTO GENESEE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST 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, Jul 2, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-021900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
135 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 125 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM
NEAR NIAGARA FALLS EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN
WYOMING COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY INTO
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO 25 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER.
BE AWARE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
MAINLY NORTH AND SOUTH OF BUFFALO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TAKE SHELTER
INSIDE IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 1:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-021900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
135 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 125 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM
NEAR NIAGARA FALLS EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN
WYOMING COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH CATTARAUGUS AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY INTO
NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.
OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO 25 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER.
BE AWARE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
MAINLY NORTH AND SOUTH OF BUFFALO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. TAKE SHELTER
INSIDE IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 2:10 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
NYZ006-021930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
210 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 210 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF OSWEGO. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PASS NEAR FULTON AND
CENTRAL SQUARE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO HOUR.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM WHICH MAY CAUSE
SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM...AND STAYED TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS THUNDERSTORM.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 2:18 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
NYZ006-021930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
210 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 210 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN BORDER OF OSWEGO. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PASS NEAR FULTON AND
CENTRAL SQUARE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO HOUR.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM WHICH MAY CAUSE
SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM...AND STAYED TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS THUNDERSTORM.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 2:35 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-022000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
235 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 230 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS THE REGION. THE STONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM OSWEGO COUNTY
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FINGER LAKES...AND THROUGH SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON...
NORTHERN ALLEGANY...AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. THERE WERE ALSO SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN FROM BETWEEN BUFFALO
AND NIAGARA FALLS EAST TO NORTH OF BATAVIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF SYRACUSE INTO
THE FINGER LAKES AND THE SOUTHERN TIER. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSING POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...AND STAYED TUNED TO YOUR
LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 2:39 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-022000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
235 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS THE REGION...
AT 230 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE SCATTERED
ACROSS THE REGION. THE STONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM OSWEGO COUNTY
SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE FINGER LAKES...AND THROUGH SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON...
NORTHERN ALLEGANY...AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. THERE WERE ALSO SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN FROM BETWEEN BUFFALO
AND NIAGARA FALLS EAST TO NORTH OF BATAVIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF SYRACUSE INTO
THE FINGER LAKES AND THE SOUTHERN TIER. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN CAUSING POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
TAKE SHELTER IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...AND STAYED TUNED TO YOUR
LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
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.