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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 11, 2011, 12:34 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 56 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
- Sep 11, 2011, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 Sep 11, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 11:09 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:58 AM EDT, 6 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 558 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011 NYZ001>008-010-011-121000- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- 558 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PASSAGE OF A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING COULD GENERATE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .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 NYZ012>014-019>021-085-121000- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 558 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SLOW MOVING. THERE IS A CHANCE SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. IMPACT WILL BE VERY LOCALIZED IN NATURE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PASSAGE OF A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING COULD GENERATE SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-121000- 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- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 558 AM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 RSH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 12:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1234 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011
NYZ010-019-020-085-111730-
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-
1234 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1231 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH COLLINS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
NORTH COLLINS...
HAMBURG...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4275 7893 4279 7885 4262 7867 4253 7906
4260 7913
ARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 12:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 62 min |
| Sep 11, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 44 min |
| Sep 11, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 42 min |
| Sep 11, 1:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 50 min |
| Sep 11, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 41 min |
| Sep 11, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 43 min |
| Sep 11, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 44 min |
| Sep 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Sep 11, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 59 min |
| Sep 11, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Niagara | 114 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.