Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 2:27 PM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orleans County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 251828 RRA SVRBUF NYC073-251930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM..FLASH FLOOD..AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 227 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...ORLEANS COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AT 225 PM BUFFALO RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORE AT THE ORLEANS AND NIAGARA COUNTY BORDER. A SPOTTER AT GOLDEN HILL STATE PARK REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS AND ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN THIS STORM. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN OLCOTT. THE STORM MOVEMENT HAD SLOWED TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. 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. TAN/SFM
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, 3 hours 57 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.
TANLocal storm report, Jul 25, 10:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 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.
TANLocal storm report, Jul 25, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 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/SFMLocal storm report, Jul 25, 11:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 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/SFMThe 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, 7:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 64 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, 2:34 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.