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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 26, 2011Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2011, 8:38 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 37 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, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 8:26 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
826 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

NYZ003-011-013-270115-
GENESEE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-
826 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
  MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CHURCHVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  GATES...
  ROCHESTER...
  IRONDEQUOIT...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4310 7796 4332 7777 4329 7765 4324 7755
      4326 7749 4324 7742 4297 7779

HITCHCOCK

Special weather statement, May 26, 8:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		48 min
May 26, 8:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	49 min
May 26, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	64 min
May 26, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	27 min
May 26, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	40 min
May 27, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Chautauqua	3 hr
May 27, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	4 hr
May 27, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	3 hr
May 27, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2011 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.