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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 48 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 22, 2013, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2013, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 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 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:32 AM EDT, 11 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 532 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-230945- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 532 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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 LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-230945- 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- 532 AM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:27 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
527 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NYZ012-019-020-085-222215-
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-WYOMING NY-
527 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER...
* AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER THAT WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FOUND OVER EASTERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WHERE NEARLY ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS
BEEN ESTIMATED FROM 4:30 THROUGH ALMOST 5:30 PM EDT. THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE NORTH AT 15 MPH AND IMPACT NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY WHILE
A MORE GENERAL AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHWEST
WYOMING COUNTIES.
THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLY SOME POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
ELLINGTON AND CHERRY CREEK...
SOUTH DAYTON...
CONEWANGO...
CONEWANGO...
PERRYSBURG...
RANDOLPH...
GOWANDA AND COLLINS...
CATTARAUGUS...
LAT...LON 4200 7932 4254 7926 4281 7830 4209 7833
4199 7906
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 45 min | |
| Jul 22, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.