Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1995, 4:43 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1995, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oswego County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 062044 RRA SVRBUF NYC075-NYZ506-062145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 443 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...OSWEGO COUNTY AND ADJACENT WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES AT 440 PM BINGHAMTON DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTY WITH OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ONONDAGA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY BETWEEN 500 AND 515 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON OVER WAYNE AND ONTARIO COUNTIES. ALL MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SMALL BOATS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PACE
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 6, 1:36 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-052035- BULLETIN - SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT -SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 134 PM EDT WED JUL 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM... THIS WATCH INCLUDES ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON...AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN NEW YORK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MCGILL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:30 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-062335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON BUT AS OF 430 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON OR ESSEX COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. MCGILL
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:32 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
NYZ026>031-034-035-062335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 PM EDT THU JUL 6 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON BUT AS OF 430 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ST. LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...CLINTON OR ESSEX COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. MCGILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oswego | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.