Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Aug 24, 1998, 5:37 AM EDT (09:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 1998, 6:40 AM EDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, NY

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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WUUS1 KBUF 240938 RRA
SVRBUF
NYC055-241040-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
537 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 640 AM EDT

* AT 535 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE ONTARIO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
  HAMLIN BEACH...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAMLIN AT 545 AM EDT
  GREECE AT 600 AM EDT
  IRONDEQUOIT AT 615 AM EDT
  PENFIELD AT 630 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.

LEVAN

In the hours before

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-250000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
445 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SOUTHWEST FLOW OF WARM HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NEW
YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING TO THE
NORTH OF THE REGION LATER TODAY COULD BE THE IMPETUS NEEDED TO
TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR...THE THUNDERSTORMS
WOULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE
WEATHER SITUATION.

SKYWARN ACTIVITATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE READY TO BE ACTIVATED.

LEVAN

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-250000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
445 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SOUTHWEST FLOW OF WARM HUMID AIR WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN NEW
YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING TO THE
NORTH OF THE REGION LATER TODAY COULD BE THE IMPETUS NEEDED TO
TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR...THE THUNDERSTORMS
WOULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOWLAND AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER
INFORMATION...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE
WEATHER SITUATION.

SKYWARN ACTIVITATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY. SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE READY TO BE ACTIVATED.

LEVAN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.