Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 49 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Allegany County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Olean, NY | TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 9, 7:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Bedford Corners, NY | TREE DOWN ON SHERRY HOLLOW RD. |
| Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bolivar, NY | TREE DOWN IN A PARKING LOT. |
| Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Bolivar, NY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
570
WWUS81 KBUF 092256
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
656 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
NYZ020-021-092345-
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
656 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 648 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE
STORMS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADS AND SOME FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL
IMPACT AN AREA STRETCHING FROM PORTVILLE TO ANGELICA WHERE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 7 PM EDT AND 8 PM EDT.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4208 7854 4241 7801 4219 7780 4199 7826
4200 7846
$$
TJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 7:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.