Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 3:54 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 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, 7.9 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
- 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 251955 RRA SVRBUF NYC003-252100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 354 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...ALLEGANY COUNTY A COUPLE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY BUFFALO RADAR OVER ALLEGANY COUNTY AT 350 PM. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 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. SAGE
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, 11:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 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, 3:30 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
330 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
MONDAY JULY 25TH
215 PM DIME SIZE HAIL TOWN OF OLCOTT IN NIAGARA COUNTY...REPORTED
BY MARINE WEATHER SPOTTER.
220 PM ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND ESTIMATED 70MPH WINDS AT GOLDEN
HILL STATE PARK ALONG LAKE ONTARIO SHORE OF NIAGARA COUNTY
REPORTED BY PARK OFFICIAL.
315 PM ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF MINETTO
OSWEGO COUNTY REPORTED BY COUNTY WARNING POINT.
330 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG RTE 40 BETWEEN FULTON AND MINETTO IN
OSWEGO COUNTY. HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AND TREE LIMBS REPORTED
DOWNED BY THE HAIL. REPORTED BY COUNTY WARNING POINT.
NIZIOLLocal storm report, Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
330 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
MONDAY JULY 25TH
215 PM DIME SIZE HAIL TOWN OF OLCOTT IN NIAGARA COUNTY...REPORTED
BY MARINE WEATHER SPOTTER.
220 PM ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND ESTIMATED 70MPH WINDS AT GOLDEN
HILL STATE PARK ALONG LAKE ONTARIO SHORE OF NIAGARA COUNTY
REPORTED BY PARK OFFICIAL.
315 PM ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF MINETTO
OSWEGO COUNTY REPORTED BY COUNTY WARNING POINT.
330 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG RTE 40 BETWEEN FULTON AND MINETTO IN
OSWEGO COUNTY. HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AND TREE LIMBS REPORTED
DOWNED BY THE HAIL. REPORTED BY COUNTY WARNING POINT.
NIZIOLSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 3:40 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTION DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 340 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900PM EDT... AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WERE OVER LAKE ONTARIO 5 TO 10 MILES OFFSHORE FROM ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EAST OF BRADFORD AND OVER ONTARIO CANADA NORTH OF LONDON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PACE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:44 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 340 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900PM EDT... AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WERE OVER LAKE ONTARIO 5 TO 10 MILES OFFSHORE FROM ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EAST OF BRADFORD AND OVER ONTARIO CANADA NORTH OF LONDON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PACE
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST...CORRECTION DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 340 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900PM EDT... AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WERE OVER LAKE ONTARIO 5 TO 10 MILES OFFSHORE FROM ORLEANS AND MONROE COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EAST OF BRADFORD AND OVER ONTARIO CANADA NORTH OF LONDON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PACE
The 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, 2:27 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 |
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.