Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1994, 6:30 AM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 1994, 6:30 AM EDT (10:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1994, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orleans County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 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
- 1759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Sep 26, 12:30 AM EDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-260600- WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING BUFFALO AND VICINITY THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 4AM. AT 1225 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO NORTH OF TORONTO SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN ORLEANS COUNTY NEAR MEDINA...AND IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SOUTH OF SALAMANCA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. GURNEY
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 12:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1230 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-260600- WESTERN NEW YORK...INCLUDING BUFFALO AND VICINITY THERE IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL 4AM. AT 1225 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO NORTH OF TORONTO SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF WESTERN NEW YORK WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS ...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED IN ORLEANS COUNTY NEAR MEDINA...AND IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY SOUTH OF SALAMANCA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN SOMEH OF THE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. GURNEY
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 4:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
410 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994
NYZ019-261030-
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL
400 AM HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...CONTINUE ACROSS
PARTS OF THE COUNTY AS OF 400 AM. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND
ON OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RECEIVED FROM
THESE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CARE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 4:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
410 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994
NYZ019-261030-
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY UNTIL
400 AM HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...CONTINUE ACROSS
PARTS OF THE COUNTY AS OF 400 AM. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND
ON OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL RECEIVED FROM
THESE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CARE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
GURNEYSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 4:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-261500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...HEAVY RAINS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 445 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994 LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID WEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE MOISTURE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING PONDING AND FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. WITH THE MOISTURE AREAS OF FOG WILL ALSO FORM REDUCING VISIBILITIES. THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING AND THOSE WHO WILL BE OUTSIDE ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS TO THE VARIOUS WEATHER ELEMENTS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. EGR
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-261500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...HEAVY RAINS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 445 AM EDT MON SEP 26 1994 LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID WEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO CIRCULATE MOISTURE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK TODAY INTO TUESDAY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PRODUCING PONDING AND FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ON ROADWAYS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. WITH THE MOISTURE AREAS OF FOG WILL ALSO FORM REDUCING VISIBILITIES. THOSE WHO ARE TRAVELING AND THOSE WHO WILL BE OUTSIDE ARE ADVISED TO BE CAUTIOUS TO THE VARIOUS WEATHER ELEMENTS AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. EGR
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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.