Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 7:26 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 7:26 AM EDT (11:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 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, 11.4 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 251127 RRA SVRBUF NYC029-251230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 726 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AT 715 AM BUFFALO RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANGOLA NEW YORK. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE 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. 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 25, 3:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-250900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 330 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 430AM... AT 325 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER ERIE COUNTY NEAR ANGOLA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE NORTHEAST ALONG THE LAKE TO THE BUFFALO AND NIAGARA FALLS AREAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LAKE ERIE...ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER AT ONCE. IN A HOUSE A BASEMENT IS THE SAFEST PLACE. PUKAJLO
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-251000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
430 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO...
AT 430 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PEA SIZE HAIL
WAS OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WAS OVER LAKR ERIE 15 MILES SOUTH
WEST OF DUNNVILLE. OTHER LIGHTER SHOWERS WERE OVER PARTS OF ERIE...
NIAGARA...ORLEANS...GENESEE AND WYOMING COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LAKE ERIE...ERIE AND
WYOMING COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE OVER
PARTS OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
THE 60S WITH LIGHT WINDS.
PUKAJLOSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 5:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-251100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
530 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO...
AT 525 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND HAIL WERE OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE ONE JUST NORTHWEST OF
SILVER CREEK AND ANOTHER 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT DOVER. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LAKE ERIE...SOUTHERN
ERIE AND NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THE NEXT HOUR. RAINS WITH THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATHENING W0EATHER AND IF YOU LIVE
IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION NOW. THE HIGH
THREATH AREA THE NEXT HOUR IS SILVER CREEK AND THE SURRONDING AREAS.
PUKAJLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Orleans | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 66 min |
Nearby
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.