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 2, 2014, 6:50 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 55 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 2, 2014, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Genesee County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
475
WWUS81 KBUF 022250
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
650 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
NYZ011-022345-
GENESEE NY-
650 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF BATAVIA AND
SOUTHWEST OF STAFFORD...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
BATAVIA...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4300 7842 4312 7827 4298 7799 4287 7810
4287 7839
$$
THOMASThe 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, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 min |
| 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 |
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.