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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2013, 11:19 PM EDT for Chautauqua 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
- Jul 9, 2013, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 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 Jul 9, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:40 PM EDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 NYZ006>008-101945- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .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 NYZ001>005-010>014-019>021-085-101945- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .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-SLZ022-024-101945- 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- 340 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. .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 APFFEL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:19 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1119 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
NYZ019-100415-
CHAUTAUQUA NY-
1119 PM EDT TUE JUL 9 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
MILES SOUTHWEST OF FINDLEY LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
FRENCH CREEK AND FINDLEY LAKE...
CLYMER...
SHERMAN...
PANAMA...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4215 7977 4233 7924 4199 7924 4199 7962
4199 7976 4200 7977
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 93 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jul 10, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 48 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.