Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1996, 7:02 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 88 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
- Aug 15, 1996, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1996, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Watertown, 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
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 152303
SVRBUF
NYC045-NYZ525-526-160030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
702 PM EDT THU AUG 15 1996
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
...JEFFERSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
ONTARIO FROM...
...MEXICO BAY TO ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
...AT 7 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARD INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF PRINCE EDWARD POINT...ONTARIO
SOUTH TO NEAR FAIR HAVEN...NEW YORK.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE ON-SHORE OVER SACKETS HARBOR AND SOUTHWICK
BEACH STATE PARK AROUND 730...AFFECTING WATERTOWN AND ADAMS SHORTLY
BEFORE 8 PM.
OTHER STRONG...POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY BETWEEN THE THOUSAND ISLANDS AND FORT DRUM.
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.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF POSSIBLE...REMAIN
BELOW DECK TO AVOID THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND
HIGH WAVES MAY QUICKLY CAPSIZE YOUR CRAFT. BOATS IN PORT ARE ADVISED
NOT TO VENTURE OUT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 73 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 88 min |
| Aug 15, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 58 min |
| Aug 15, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 79 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.