Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1999, 6:08 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 67 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 3, 1999, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1999, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson, NY | |
| Jul 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Yates Center, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 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 032212 RRA SVRBUF NYC055-073-032245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 608 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY AND ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF KENDALL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDINA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IN HOMES A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IS THE SAFEST LOCATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BUFFALO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 52 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.