Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1994, 9:51 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1994, 9:51 AM EDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1994, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 261352 RRA SVRBUF NYC029-261500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 951 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AT 945 AM...BUFFALO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEAR SILVER CREEK. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PART OF ERIE COUNTY 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 SAFES`T LOCATION. REMINGTON
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 26, 8:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NYZ010-019-020-261400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
850 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE IN LAKE ERIE...
AT 845 AM...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR ANGOLA IN SOUTHERN ERIE IN LAKE ERIE JUST OF THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
SHORE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF DUNKIRK...AND
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
PEOPLE ALONG THE ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHORE SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS MORNING. ALSO...PEOPLE IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AT THIS TIME...
IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME ON SHORE BETWEEN
SILVER CREEK AND ANGOLA BY 930 AM OR SO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF
A THUNDERSTORM APPROCHES YOUR AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS...AND THERE ARE STILL INDICATIONS THAT SOME
WATERSPOUTS PERSIST.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 8:57 AM EDT, 54 minutes before
NYZ010-019-020-261400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
850 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE IN LAKE ERIE...
AT 845 AM...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR ANGOLA IN SOUTHERN ERIE IN LAKE ERIE JUST OF THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
SHORE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF DUNKIRK...AND
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
PEOPLE ALONG THE ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHORE SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS MORNING. ALSO...PEOPLE IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AT THIS TIME
...
IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME ON SHORE BETWEEN
SILVER CREEK AND ANGOLA BY 930 AM OR SO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF
A THUNDERSTORM APPROCHES YOUR AREA.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Jul 26, 9:00 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
NYZ010-019-020-261400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
850 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST OFFSHORE IN LAKE ERIE...
AT 845 AM...WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR ANGOLA IN SOUTHERN ERIE IN LAKE ERIE JUST OF THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
SHORE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES WEST OF DUNKIRK...AND
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
PEOPLE ALONG THE ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY SHORE SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS MORNING. ALSO...PEOPLE IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AT THIS TIME...
IT APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME ON SHORE BETWEEN
SILVER CREEK AND ANGOLA BY 930 AM OR SO. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF
A THUNDERSTORM APPROCHES YOUR AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS...AND THERE ARE STILL INDICATIONS THAT SOME
WATERSPOUTS PERSIST.
GURNEYLocal storm report, Jul 26, 9:35 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
935 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
...ADDITIONAL REPORT...
MONDAY JULY 25TH
245 PM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN LYNDONVILLE IN ORLEANS COUNTY.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ORCHARDS. REPORTED BY MARINE SPOTTER
IN SOMERSET.
MCLAUGHLINLocal storm report, Jul 26, 9:39 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
935 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 1994
...STORMS FROM MONDAY JULY 25TH
...ADDITIONAL REPORT...
MONDAY JULY 25TH
245 PM GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN LYNDONVJILLE IN ORLEANS COUNTY.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ORCHARDS. REPORTED BY MARINE SPOTTER
IN SOMERSET.
MCLAUGHLINThe 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, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 55 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.