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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 2, 2013Genesee County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2013, 1:28 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 2, 2013, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2013, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Genesee County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1277 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1277 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 Sep 2, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 5:02 AM EDT, 8 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
502 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-030915-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
502 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY WHILE BRINGING SOME
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-030915-
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-
502 AM EDT MON SEP 2 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.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY WHILE BRINGING SOME
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.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

JJR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 2, 12:39 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 1:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany57 min
Sep 1, 10:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne65 min
Sep 1, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego77 min
Sep 2, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego55 min
Sep 2, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
Sep 2, 11:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Sep 2, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua23 min
Sep 2, 12:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua32 min
Sep 2, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua36 min
Sep 2, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga39 min
Sep 2, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua34 min
Sep 2, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming55 min
Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga29 min
Sep 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus61 min
Sep 2, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF38 min
Sep 2, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga29 min
Sep 2, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego59 min
Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF2 hr
Sep 2, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne61 min
Sep 2, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne60 min
Sep 2, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis65 min
Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne59 min
Sep 2, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego43 min
Sep 2, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego3 hr
Sep 2, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis51 min
Sep 2, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis, Oswego33 min
Sep 2, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Sep 2, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis36 min
Sep 2, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis25 min
Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFLewis3 hr
Sep 2, 6:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF61 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.