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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

April 10, 2013Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2013, 6:11 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 10, 2013, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 10, 6:08 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:08 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 12:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1251 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-111700-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-
WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
SOUTHERN ERIE-
1251 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY.

.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-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-111700-
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-
1251 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

NYZ006>008-111700-
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
1251 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.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

THOMAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
238 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ012-085-102030-
WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
238 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLDEN AT 230 PM WILL MOVE EAST AROUND
45 MPH. PEA TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST THROUGH WALES
CENTER...VARYSBURG AND WARSAW THROUGH 315 PM.

A SECOND STRONG STORM...JUST WEST OF EDEN...WILL MOVE EAST
AND IMPACT NORTH BOSTON AND COLDEN THROUGH 330 PM. EXPECT SMALL
HAIL OF PEA TO HALF INCH...GUSTY WINDS OF 45 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WITH THIS STORM.

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
317 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ001-010-085-102015-
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-
317 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 311 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
  HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO NIAGARA FALLS TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND
  ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
  TONAWANDA AND NORTH TONAWANDA...
  KENMORE AND BUFFALO...
  AMHERST AND WILLIAMSVILLE...
  LANCASTER...
  EAST AURORA...

LAT...LON 4313 7906 4327 7907 4329 7894 4333 7883
      4334 7846 4274 7854 4279 7886 4281 7888
      4294 7892 4295 7897 4299 7903 4306 7901
      4307 7908

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
340 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ002-003-011>013-085-102045-
ERIE NY-GENESEE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY-WYOMING NY-
340 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 339 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
  HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM MEDINA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DARIEN TO BOSTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
  ALBION AND BATAVIA...

LAT...LON 4252 7888 4256 7894 4278 7874 4279 7849
      4333 7846 4333 7799 4314 7800 4313 7791
      4304 7795 4304 7790 4301 7790 4295 7791
      4290 7796 4264 7798 4265 7846 4253 7847
      4247 7886

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
401 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

NYZ003-013-014-102045-
LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-
401 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
  HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF BROCKPORT TO 7 MILES WEST OF YORK TO 28 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT MORRIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
  ROCHESTER AND IRONDEQUOIT...
  EAST ROCHESTER...
  WEBSTER AND FAIRPORT...
  DANSVILLE AND CANANDAIGUA...
  GENEVA...

LAT...LON 4248 7784 4252 7784 4252 7803 4267 7795
      4298 7790 4304 7790 4304 7795 4313 7791
      4314 7800 4336 7799 4335 7776 4324 7755
      4328 7738 4303 7736 4301 7696 4276 7697
      4276 7731 4257 7737 4257 7765 4247 7772

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:11 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
Apr 10, 12:07 PM EDT	Flood Watch	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more	51 hr
Apr 10, 12:35 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	51 hr
Apr 10, 12:35 PM EDT	Freezing Rain Advisory	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 7 more	39 hr
Apr 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	58 min
Apr 10, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee, Wyoming	65 min
Apr 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		4 days
Apr 10, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario	44 min
Apr 10, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	58 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.