Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 3:25 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Genesee County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KBUF 261925 RRA SVRBUF NYC037-262030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 325 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NEW YORK ...GENESEE COUNTY AT 3:25 PM RADAR INDATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BERGEN IN GENESEE COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL CROSS BATAVIA BY 4 PM. 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. MAHONEY
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, Jun 26, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NYZ003-004-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 225 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO ACROSS MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ROCHESTER`S EASTERN SUBURBS NEAR PITTSFORD...AND OVER THE CITY OF ROCHESTER JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AT 215 PM. THESES STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SPOTTER IN NEWARK IN WAYNE COUNTY RECORDED AL.MOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. DO NOT CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:25 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NYZ003-004-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 225 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO ACROSS MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ROCHESTER`S EASTERN SUBURBS NEAR PITTSFORD...AND OVER THE CITY OF ROCHESTER JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AT 215 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SPOTTER IN NEWARK IN WAYNE COUNTY RECORDED ALMOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. DO NOT CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:26 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
NYZ003-004-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 225 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP JUST INLAND FROM LAKE ONTARIO ACROSS MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER ROCHESTER`S EASTERN SUBURBS NEAR PITTSFORD...AND OVER THE CITY OF ROCHESTER JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN AT 215 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR BUT MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. AS A RESULT...FLOODING IS LIKELY IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE ACROSS THE METRO AREA. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A SPOTTER IN NEWARK IN WAYNE COUNTY RECORDED0 ALMOST TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. DO NOT CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER. MCLAUGHLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 70 min |
| Jun 26, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 54 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.