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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 2:37 PM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 38 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, 2:37 PM EDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 Aug 8, 7:10 AM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:10 AM EDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 5:07 AM EDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 507 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 NYZ001>003-007-010-011-019-085-090915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-JEFFERSON-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-CHAUTAUQUA- SOUTHERN ERIE- 507 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 NYZ004>006-008-012>014-020-021-090915- WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-LEWIS-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- 507 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-090915- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- 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- 507 AM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
Local storm report, Aug 8, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
121 PM EDT THU AUG 08 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW HAMBURG 42.76N 78.86W
08/07/2013 ERIE NY BROADCAST MEDIA
PHOTO OF TREE DOWN ON WGRZ CHANNEL 2 WEBSITE.
0410 PM HAIL 2 SE ATHOL SPRINGS 42.75N 78.85W
08/07/2013 M0.75 INCH ERIE NY PUBLIC
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS BLOWING SIDEWAYS.
0411 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N HAMBURG 42.78N 78.83W
08/07/2013 ERIE NY BROADCAST MEDIA
PHOTO OF TREES DOWN ON WGRZ CHANNEL 2 WEBSITE.
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EVENT NUMBER BUF1300260 BUF1300259 BUF1300261
ARSpecial weather statement, Aug 8, 2:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 237 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 NYZ012-020-021-085-081915- ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-WYOMING NY- 237 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPRINGVILLE... * AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE... EAST CONCORD... SARDINIA AND LIME LAKE-MACHIAS... YORKSHIRE AND DELEVAN... ARCADE... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 4266 7829 4241 7830 4245 7878 4257 7877 REYNOLDS
The 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, 2:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 92 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, 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
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.