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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 28, 1994Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1994, 6:11 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 1994, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 64 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, 10.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KBUF 282210 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC029-282315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
611 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN  NEW YORK
 
   ...SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES
 
 
RADAR AT 610 PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST ERIE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF ANGOLA.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE NORTH COLLINS...BOSTON...COLDEN AND
SPRINGVILLE.
 
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.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
LAMBERT

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, Aug 28, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
430 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER FROM SUN AFTERNOON AUG 28TH...

100 PM EDT...NIAGARA COUNTY...TREES AND LINES DOWN AT LOCKPORT.
             TREE FELL ON CAR AT ROUTE 77.

100 PM EDT...ERIE COUNTY...LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN CLARENCE.

115 PM EDT...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...TREES DOWN FREDONIA AND DUNKIRK.

115-145 PM...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...TREES DOWN ALL OVER FREDONIA...
             CHERRY CREEK...CASADAGA AND STOCKTON.

149 PM EDT...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT DANSVILLE.

200 PM EDT...MONROE COUNTY...TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT WEBSTER...TREES
             DOWN AT PENFIELD...SPENSERPORT AND CHILI.
201 PM EDT...ERIE AND GENESEE COUNTIES...TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTES
             33 AND 20.

220 PM EDT...MONROE.  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.  TREE FELL ON HOUSE
             IN ENFIELD.

225 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT HANNIBAL.

230 PM...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...TOWN OF LEON...POSSIBLE TORNADO 1/2
         MI PATH OF TREES DOWN AND TOP OF BARN TAKEN OF.  NWS
         TEAM SURVEYING DAMAGE.

250 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT GRANBY CENTER...COUNTY
         ROADS 3 AND 8 WEST OF FULTON.

330 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...FULTON...NUMBER OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

ADDTIONAL INFORMATION  WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER SURVEY TEAM RETURNS
FROM CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.

TUCKER

Local storm report, Aug 28, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO
430 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994

...SEVERE WEATHER FROM SUN AFTERNOON AUG 28TH...

100 PM EDT...NIAGARA COUNTY...TREES AND LINES DOWN AT LOCKPORT.
             TREE FELL ON CAR AT ROUTE 77.

100 PM EDT...ERIE COUNTY...LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED IN CLARENCE.

115 PM EDT...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...TREES DOWN FREDONIA AND DUNKIRK.

115-145 PM...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...TREES DOWN ALL OVER FREDONIA...
             CHERRY CREEK...CASADAGA AND STOCKTON.

149 PM EDT...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT DANSVILLE.

200 PM EDT...MONROE COUNTY...TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT WEBSTER...TREES
             DOWN AT PENFIELD...SPENSERPORT AND CHILI.
201 PM EDT...ERIE AND GENESEE COUNTIES...TREES DOWN ALONG ROUTES
             33 AND 20.

220 PM EDT...MONROE.  NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.  TREE FELL ON HOUSE
             IN ENFIELD.

225 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT HANNIBAL.

230 PM...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...TOWN OF LEON...POSSIBLE TORNADO 1/2
         MI PATH OF TREES DOWN AND TOP OF BARN TAKEN OF.  NWS
         TEAM SURVEYING DAMAGE.

250 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...TREES DOWN AT GRANBY CENTER...COUNTY
         ROADS 3 AND 8 WEST OF FULTON.

330 PM...OSWEGO COUNTY...FULTON...NUMBER OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN.

ADDTIONAL INFORMATION  WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER SURVEY TEAM RETURNS
FROM CATTARAUGUS COUNTY.

TUCKER

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:33 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-282300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
533 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994

          ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF BUFFALO...

AT 533 PM...BUFFALO RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
15 MILES WIDE THAT REACHED FROM NIAGARA FALLS TO EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO
COVERING MUCH OF NIAGARA COUNTY AND NORTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY. SHOWERS
WERE OVER GENESEE COUNTY...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE
FINGER LAKES REGION AND THE SOUTHERN TIER BETWEEN ELLICOTTVILLE AND
BINGHAMTON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OR
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER NIAGARA...ORLEANS...AND
MONROE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. MANY OF THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...
AND HAIL.

STAY ALERT TO RAPIDIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
TINGLEY

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-282300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
533 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 1994

          ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF BUFFALO...

AT 533 PM...BUFFALO RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
15 MILES WIDE THAT REACHED FROM NIAGARA FALLS TO EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO
COVERING MUCH OF NIAGARA COUNTY AND NORTHERN ORLEANS COUNTY. SHOWERS
WERE OVER GENESEE COUNTY...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE
FINGER LAKES REGION AND THE SOUTHERN TIER BETWEEN ELLICOTTVILLE AND
BINGHAMTON. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OR
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER NIAGARA...ORLEANS...AND
MONROE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES. MANY OF THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...
AND HAIL.

STAY ALERT TO RAPIDIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
TINGLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	100 min
Aug 28, 12:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Orleans	100 min
Aug 28, 12:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	57 min
Aug 28, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	67 min
Aug 28, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	61 min
Aug 28, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	64 min
Aug 28, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	57 min
Aug 28, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	68 min
Aug 28, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	58 min
Aug 28, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Wyoming	67 min
Aug 28, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	57 min
Aug 28, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Erie	55 min
Aug 28, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Allegany, Wyoming	49 min
Aug 28, 6:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Erie	41 min
Aug 28, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	46 min
Aug 28, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga	56 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.