Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1994, 12:05 AM EDT for Erie County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1994, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1994, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, NY, Niagara County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2277 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 260408 RRA SVRBUF NYC029-063-260500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1205 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...NIAGARA COUNTY...NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AT 12 MIDNIGHT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA HEADING NORTHEAST TOWARD NIAGARA COUNTY AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN 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. BLACKBURN
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, 8:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
830 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
MONDAY JULY 25TH
816 PM DIME SIZE HAIL IN SALAMANCA IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. REPORTED
BY CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHERIFFS.
SAGELocal storm report, Jul 25, 8:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
830 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
MONDAY JULY 25TH
816 PM DIME SIZE HAIL IN SALAMANCA IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY. REPO$RTED
BY CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHERIFFS.
SAGESpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 9:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
NYZ005>006-008-019>021-260300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
925 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER...
AT 925 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...
WERE OVER CATTARAUGUS COUNTY BETWEEN RANDOLPH AND FRANKLINVILLE. ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY A COUPLE MILES SOUTH OF
WELLSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL BE MOVING OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE
STORMS HAVE A DIRECT PATH OVER FRANKLINVILLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING
OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY AND SHOULD ALSO ENTER
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE
OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY AND WILL BE ENTERING
WESTERN STEUBEN COUNTY.
MORE SHOWERS WERE ALSO APPROACHING CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THESE SHOWERS MAY MOVE INTO CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BY 1130 PM.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
CHTSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 9:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NYZ005>006-008-019>021-260300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
925 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER...
AT 925 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...
WERE OVER CATTARAUGUS COUNTY BETWEEN RANDOLPH AND FRANKLINVILLE. ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY A COUPLE MILES SOUTH OF
WELLSVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL BE MOVING OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THE
STORMS HAVE A DIRECT PATH OVER FRANKLINVILLE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING
OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY AND SHOULD ALSO ENTER
SOUTHERN WYOMING COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER STORM WILL MOVE
OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF ALLEGANY COUNTY AND WILL BE ENTERING
WESTERN STEUBEN COUNTY.
MORE SHOWERS WERE ALSO APPROACHING CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THESE SHOWERS MAY MOVE INTO CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY BY 1130 PM.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
CHTSpecial weather statement, Jul 25, 11:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NYZ005>006-008-019>021-260500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1125 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO AND THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM. AT 1125 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED MOST OF EASTERN LAKE ERIE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERED THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER TIDIOUTE PENNSYLVANIA AND ANOTHER WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND ALSO COVERED SOME OF SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE MOVING OVER THE BUFFALO AREA BY 1230 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FOR ABOUT 45 MORE MINUTES. A THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ENTERING SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND ANOTHER MAY ENTER SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CHT
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:49 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
NYZ005>006-008-019>021-260500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1125 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO AND THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM. AT 1125 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED MOST OF EASTERN LAKE ERIE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN COVERED THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER TIDIOUTE PENNSYLVANIA AND ANOTHER WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERED MOST OF NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK AND ALSO COVERED SOME OF SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE MOVING OVER THE BUFFALO AREA BY 1230 AM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FOR ABOUT 45 MORE MINUTES. A THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE ENTERING SOUTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY AND ANOTHER MAY ENTER SOUTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. CHT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 69 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.