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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 25, 1994Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 1:28 PM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1994, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1994, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Niagara County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1994-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 251730 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC063-251830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
128 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...NIAGARA COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES
 
AT 125 PM BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LAKE
ONTARIO SHORELINE NEAR WILSON. THE STORM WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF PRODUCING
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.  THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 M
EAN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE LAKE SHORE DURING THE NEXT
HOUR.
 
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.
 
ALL MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SMALL BOATS TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
NIZIOL

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

Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

...STORMS FROM SUN JULY 24TH AND MONDAY JULY 25TH

SUNDAY JULY 24TH
250 PM  LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE TOWN OF
        CARROLTON IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

MONDAY JULY 25TH
745 AM  DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE TOWN OF
        EDEN IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.

TAN
Local storm report, Jul 25, 10:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

...STORMS FROM SUN JULY 24TH AND MONDAY JULY 25TH

SUNDAY JULY 24TH
250 PM  LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM nWINDS IN THE TOWN OF
        CARROLTON IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

MONDAY JULY 25TH
745 AM  DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE TOWN OF
        EDEN IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.

TAN
Local storm report, Jul 25, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT  ... UPDATED ...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
1115 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

...STORMS FROM SUN JULY 24TH AND MONDAY JULY 25TH

SUNDAY JULY 24TH
250 PM  LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE TOWN OF
        CARROLTON IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

MONDAY JULY 25TH
330 AM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN WITHIN A SWATH
       150 FEET WIDE ON FERRIER ROAD IN EDEN NEW YORK REPORTED BY
       THE PUBLIC.

745 AM  DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE TOWN OF
        EDEN IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.

TAN/SFM
Local storm report, Jul 25, 11:15 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT  ... UPDATED ...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
1115 AM EDT MON JUL 25 1994

...STORMS FROM SUN JULY 24TH AND MONDAY JULY 25TH

SUNDAY JULY 24TH
250 PM  LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN THE TOWN OF
        CARROLTON IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY REPORTED BY POWER COMPANY.

MONDAY JULY 25TH
330 AM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN WITHIN A SWATH
       150 FEET WIDE ON FERRIER ROAD IN EDEN NEW YORK REPORTED BY
       THE PUBLIC.

745 AM  DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR IN THE TOWN OF
        EDEN IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.

TAN/SFM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 3:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie68 min
Jul 25, 7:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie64 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

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.