Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2011, 7:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 57 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
- May 26, 2011, 7:03 AM EDT (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Genesee County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 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 May 26, 6:51 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:51 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:03 AM EDT, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 503 AM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-270915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 503 AM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN ANY THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-270915- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- 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- 503 AM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 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 SLZ022-024-270915- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 503 AM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 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 SFM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 62 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| May 25, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| May 25, 9:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| May 25, 10:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 31 min | |
| May 26, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 53 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 64 min |
| May 26, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 19 hr | |
| May 26, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 38 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 56 min |
| May 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| May 26, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| May 26, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 65 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.