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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 29, 1995Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1995, 3:33 PM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Orleans County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 29, 3:23 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
NYZ001-002-010-011-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
323 PM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION...

A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHEAST ERIE AND EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE
DRIFTING TOWARD THE EAST AT ONLY AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE
ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...AND
GENESEE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT IS JUST
EAST AND NORTH OF BUFFALO.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS...SO
LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR UNDER ANY OF THEM.

MCLAUGHLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:24 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NYZ001-002-010-011-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...THUNDERSTORMS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
323 PM EDT THU JUN 29 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE REGION...

A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER
NORTHEAST ERIE AND EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE
DRIFTING TOWARD THE EAST AT ONLY AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE
ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS ERIE...NIAGARA...ORLEANS...AND
GENESEE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT IS JUST
EAST AND NORTH OF BUFFALO.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. ANY STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS...SO
LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR UNDER ANY OF THEM.

MCLAUGHLIN

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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.