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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 25, 1994Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 3:22 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1994, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1994, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1994-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 727 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1994-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 250723 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC029-250830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
322 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE JUST WEST OF
BUFFALO AT 320 AM. IT WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM
MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.
 
BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE DRAINAGE FLOODING.
 
SAGE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 7:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie64 min
Jul 25, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara62 min
Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFOrleans63 min
Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOrleans63 min
Jul 25, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga56 min
Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga47 min
Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany66 min

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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.