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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2014, 12:11 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 79 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 30, 2014, 12:11 PM EDT (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2014, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 30, 10:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:06 AM EDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 506 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2014 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-310915- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 506 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2014 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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-SLZ022-024-310915- 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- 506 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE ERIE AND ONTARIO TODAY AND TONIGHT. WATERSPOUTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO FORM IN AND NEAR BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS ON LAKE ERIE AND ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING. WATERSPOUTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO FORM IN AND NEAR BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND 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 HITCHCOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1211 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2014
NYZ001-002-301730-
NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-
1211 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES...
* AT 1210 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WATERPORT TO SANBORN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
MEDINA...
ALBION...
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4314 7907 4314 7905 4327 7907 4338 7854
4338 7801 4315 7801 4313 7847 4306 7889
4310 7907
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jul 30, 12:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Niagara | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 6 hr | |
| Jul 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 52 min |
| Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Niagara | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.