Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1996, 9:09 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 1996, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1996, 9:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Riga, NY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 381 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBUF 210110 SVRBUF NYC055-210155- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 909 PM EDT MON MAY 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 955 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST NEW YORK ...MONROE COUNTY AT 905 PM EDT BUFFALO DOPPLER SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM LOCATED NEAR CHILI IN WESTERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL ENTERING THE ROCHESTER METROPOLITAN AREA BY 915 PM AND WEBSTER BY 930 PM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND/OR HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER. FOR YOUR PROTECTION FROM POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS MAY ALSO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. DON'T ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 59 min |
| May 20, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 61 min |
| May 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.