Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1998, 1:46 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 29, 1998, 1:46 AM EDT (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1998, 2:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans Four Corners, NY | |
| Jul 29, 2:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Castorland, 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
855 WUUS1 KBUF 290547 RRA SVRBUF NYC045-049-290635- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 146 AM EDT WED JUL 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 235 AM EDT * AT 1:40 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR THERESA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ANTWERP BY 1:50 AM EDT BEAVER FALLS BY 2:05 AM EDT IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. 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. DONT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.