Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 4:02 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 33 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 31, 1998, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 4:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Oswego County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hannibal, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833 WUUS1 KBUF 312003 RRA SVRBUF NYC075-312035- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 402 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OSWEGO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 435 PM EDT * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST- NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR MEXICO BY 420 PM EDT... IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. 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.
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
Local storm report, May 31, 10:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
1059 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1027 AM KENMORE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ERIE TREES DOWN
1030 AM GRAND ISLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ERIE TREES DOWN
1045 AM MEDINA NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ORLEANS TREES DOWN
LEVANLocal storm report, May 31, 10:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
1059 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1027 AM KENMORE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ERIE TREES DOWN
1030 AM GRAND ISLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ERIE TREES DOWN
1045 AM MEDINA NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ORLEANS TREES DOWN
LEVANLocal storm report, May 31, 11:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
1139 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 AM NORTH TONAWANDA NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 NIAGARA TREES DOWN
1030 AM ELMA NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ERIE TREES DOWN
1100 AM GATES CENTER NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MONROE DOWNED POWER LINES
1100 AM BERGEN NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 GENESEE TREES DOWN
1115 AM HAMLIN NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MONROE 73 MPH GUSTS
1120 AM SCOTTSVILLE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MONROE TREES AND WIRES DOWNLocal storm report, May 31, 12:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
1213 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1120 AM CHILI CENTER NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MONROE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN
1145 AM SODUS PT NY
05/31/98 WAYNE WATERSPOUT
1150 AM BROCTON NY
05/31/98 CHAUTAUQUA LIGHTNING STARTED
STRUCTURE FIRE
1150 AM VICTOR NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ONTARIO TREES/LINES DOWN
1200 PM RIPLEY NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CHAUTAUQUA HEAVY RAIN
1200 PM WATERTOWN NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 JEFFERSON TREES 6 DIAMETER DOWNED
1210 PM HARTFIELD NY .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 CHAUTAUQUALocal storm report, May 31, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
254 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM CAUGHDENOY NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 OSWEGO LARGE BRANCHES AND WIRES
DOWN
0130 PM SCIO NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ALLEGANY TREE DOWNED ACROSS ROAD
0215 PM DANSVILLE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LIVINGSTON SEVRAL TREES AND WIRES
DOWNED
0217 PM PORTAGE dNY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LIVINGSTON TREE DOWNED
NIZIOLLocal storm report, May 31, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NEW YORK
254 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM CAUGHDENOY NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 OSWEGO LARGE BRANCHES AND WIRES
DOWN
0130 PM SCIO NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 ALLEGANY TREE DOWNED ACROSS ROAD
0215 PM DANSVILLE NY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LIVINGSTON SEVRAL TREES AND WIRES
DOWNED
0217 PM PORTAGE dNY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LIVINGSTON TREE DOWNED
NIZIOLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 45 min |
| May 31, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 70 min |
| May 31, 10:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 70 min |
| May 31, 11:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 80 min |
| May 31, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 60 min |
| May 31, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 79 min |
| May 31, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 80 min |
| May 31, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 80 min |
| May 31, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 85 min |
| May 31, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 99 min |
| May 31, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 45 min |
| May 31, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 65 min |
| May 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 45 min |
| May 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 63 min |
| May 31, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 45 min |
| May 31, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 65 min |
| May 31, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 79 min |
| May 31, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 79 min |
| May 31, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany | 46 min |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 61 min |
| May 31, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 62 min |
| May 31, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 63 min |
| May 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Orleans | 63 min |
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.