Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1994, 1:53 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1994, 1:53 PM EDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 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, 5.9 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 181755 RRA SVRBUF NYC003-181900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 153 PM EDT MON JUL 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...ALLEGANY COUNTY AT 155 PM BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF CUBA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH BELMONT AND ANGELICA DU NTHE NEXT HOUR. SOME TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF HUMPHREY AS THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING. PACE
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 18, 10:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
NYZ001-010-019-181600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 18 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...
AT 1025 AM...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NIAGARA FALLS...SOUTHWEST ACROSS
EASTERN LAKE ERIE...TO ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THE MOST POTENT STORM...WITH
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WAS OVER THE LAKE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
BUFFALO. OTHER STORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF SILVER CREEK...AND NEAR
RIPLEY NEW YORK.
THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS WILL CROSS NIAGARA...ERIE...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BETWEEN
NOW AND NOON AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...
AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THE ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST WITH CLEARING SKIES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
MCLAUGHLINSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 10:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
NYZ001-010-019-181600-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 18 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...
AT 1025 AM...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM NIAGARA FALLS...SOUTHWEST ACROSS
EASTERN LAKE ERIE...TO ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. THE MOST POTENT STORM...WITH
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WAS OVER THE LAKE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
BUFFALO. OTHER STORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF SILVER CREEK...AND NEAR
RIPLEY NEW YORK.
THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS WILL CROSS NIAGARA...ERIE...AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BETWEEN
NOW AND NOON AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...
AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THE ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST WITH CLEARING SKIES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
MCLAUGHLINSpecial weather statement, Jul 18, 1:30 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
NYZ003-009-013-021-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY 130 PM EDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE GENESEE VALLEY... AT 125 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM EASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...NORTHEAST DOWN THE GENESEE VALLEY TO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR ELLICOTTVILLE AND FRANKLINVILLE...WITH ANOTHER STORM HAVING DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR CHURCHVILLE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GREATER ROCHESTER WITHIN THE HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. OTHER STORMS WERE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND JUST EAST OF ELMIRA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ALLEGANY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH CAN CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 1:40 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NYZ003-009-013-021-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY 130 PM EDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE GENESEE VALLEY... AT 125 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... EXTENDED FROM EASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...NORTHEAST DOWN THE GENESEE VALLEY TO SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR ELLICOTTVILLE AND FRANKLINVILLE...WITH ANOTHER STORM HAVING DEVELOPED RAPIDLY NEAR CHURCHVILLE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS GREATER ROCHESTER WITHIN THE HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. OTHER STORMS WERE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND JUST EAST OF ELMIRA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO ALLEGANY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES WITHIN THE HOUR AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH CAN CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DR^AINAGE AREAS. MCLAUGHLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 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.