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Areal Flood Advisory 9, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 22, 2008, 12:27 PM EDT for Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2008, 12:27 PM EDT (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 2:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jul 22, 10:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:12 AM EDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 612 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 NYZ006>008-020-021-231015- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- 612 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. DENSE FOG ADVISORY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF NYZ001>005-010>014-019-085-231015- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 612 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED STORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA...WHICH MAY ALLOW SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-231015- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 612 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF TMA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 9:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
955 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0947 AM HAIL WESTFIELD 42.32N 79.58W
07/22/2008 E0.75 INCH CHAUTAUQUA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
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CTINGLEYLocal storm report, Jul 22, 11:41 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:51 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jul 22, 9:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 37 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.