Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2014, 9:47 PM EDT for Allegany County, Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2014, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Olean, NY | TREE DOWN ON ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731
WWUS81 KBUF 020147
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
947 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
NYZ020-021-085-020245-
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-
947 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014
...STRONG SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER...
* AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALLEGANY AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLEGANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
JUST 15 MPH.
BECAUSE OF THE SLOW NATURE OF THESE STORMS...THEY WILL HAVE AN
INCREASED RISK OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4200 7903 4244 7904 4247 7775 4234 7777
4199 7847
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 83 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 87 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 55 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.