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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2010, 2:27 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2010, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2010, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 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
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 28, 1:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 5:06 AM EDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 506 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2010 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-290915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 506 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BEING ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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-SLZ022-024-290915- 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- 506 AM EDT WED JUL 28 2010 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 CROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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 HITCHCOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
227 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2010
NYZ001-002-011-281930-
GENESEE NY-NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-
227 PM EDT WED JUL 28 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO
45 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEWFANE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LAT...LON 4333 7882 4334 7874 4335 7873 4335 7868
4338 7854 4338 7826 4337 7818 4305 7846
4305 7847 4309 7847 4309 7856 4324 7888
THOMASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:42 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 17 hr | |
| Jul 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jul 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 35 min | |
| Jul 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 27 min | |
| Jul 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 63 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010
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.