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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 4, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2012, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Monroe County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 4, 10:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 10:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 8:26 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 826 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 NYZ001>003-010>013-019>021-085-051230- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 826 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. 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 NYZ004>008-014-051230- WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-ONTARIO- 826 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTH COUNTRY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. 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-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-051230- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- 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- 826 AM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 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 HITCHCOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 12:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1232 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
NYZ003-011-041730-
GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
1232 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CHURCHVILLE AND GATES...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER AREAS IMPACTED MAY INCLUDE
GREECE...SPENCERPORT...HILTON...AND BRADDOCK BAY.
LAT...LON 4302 7780 4314 7795 4335 7777 4333 7771
4330 7767 4324 7755 4326 7749 4326 7747
JAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 21 min |
| Sep 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 70 min |
| Sep 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 77 min |
| Sep 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 90 min |
Nearby
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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.