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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2011, 12:13 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 19, 2011, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2011, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163
WWUS81 KBUF 190413
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1213 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011
NYZ020-190515-
CATTARAUGUS NY-
1213 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALAMANCA TO SALAMANCA...AND MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
CATTARAUGUS...
ELLICOTTVILLE...
ASHFORD...
ISCHUA...
FRANKLINVILLE...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH
SMALL HAIL...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4229 7907 4236 7906 4237 7903 4241 7834
4240 7831 4219 7831 4216 7879
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 12:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 12:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 110 min |
| Aug 19, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Allegany | 119 min |
| Aug 19, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 97 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.