Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2013
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 2:28 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 92 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 2:28 AM EDT (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
059
WWUS81 KBUF 080628
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
228 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
NYZ001-002-010>012-019-020-085-080800-
CATTARAUGUS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-ERIE NY-GENESEE NY-NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS
NY-WYOMING NY-
228 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN NEW YORK...
AT 222 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LAKE ERIE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN NEW YORK FROM NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHWEST CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER...INCLUDING THE BUFFALO
METRO AREA THROUGH 4 AM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL
AT TIMES AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4229 7974 4242 7946 4250 7935 4256 7916
4269 7906 4279 7886 4294 7892 4299 7903
4306 7901 4307 7908 4322 7906 4333 7815
4307 7799 4258 7813 4235 7887 4220 7977
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 117 min | |
| Aug 8, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 3:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 85 min |
| Aug 8, 4:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 5:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 5:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 79 min |
| Aug 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
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.