Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 3:11 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allegany County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBUF 061911 RRA SVRBUF NYC003-062015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 311 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...ALLEGANY COUNTY AT 305 PM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CATTARAUGUS INTO STEUBEN COUNTIES... TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN ELLICOTTVILLE AS WELL AS QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LITTLE VALLEY. THE LINW WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 20 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. 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. REICH WWUS35KBWI .
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 6, 2:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NYZ012>016-020>023-052100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
200 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994
...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES...
THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN FINGER LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE
TOWN OF CANADICE...A SPOTTER REPORTED ALMOST 1.75" OF RAINFALL IN
LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AS A RESULT LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF STREETS AND STORM SEWERS ARE POSSIBLE.
IF YOU pLIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW. LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
TANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 64 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.