Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 3:31 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 26, 1998, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, NY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Alden, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
587 WUUS1 KBUF 260732 RRA SVRBUF NYC029-NYZ521-522-260830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 331 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ERIE COUNTY INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 430 AM EDT * AT 330 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE NORTH TONAWANDA CREEK...SOUTH OF LOCKPORT...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TONAWANDA...AMHURST AND CLARENCE BETWEEN 3:30 AND 3:45 AM EDT THE CITY OF BUFFALO...LANCASTER AND ALDEN BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4 AM EDT IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS...SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PRODUCE DRAINAGE FLOODING. RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 2:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 2:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 5:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 87 min |
| Jun 26, 7:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 92 min |
| Jun 26, 8:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Genesee | 94 min |
| Jun 26, 8:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 50 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.