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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 11, 2015Monroe County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2015, 10:40 PM EDT for Monroe County, New York. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 11, 2015, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Monroe County, NY

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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 May 11, 10:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 10:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 8:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 5:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 9:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
920 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

NYZ001-010-085-120200-
NORTHERN ERIE-NIAGARA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
920 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE
COUNTIES...

AT 920 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GRAND ISLAND...OR NEAR
NIAGARA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...NORTH TONAWANDA...CLARENCE...
LOCKPORT...LACKAWANNA...KENMORE...DEPEW...AMHERST...TONAWANDA...
LANCASTER...HAMBURG...WILLIAMSVILLE...GRAND ISLAND...ELMA...
NEWFANE...PENDLETON...AKRON AND SMALL BOAT HARBOR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 57 AND 49.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WESTERN NEW YORK.

LAT...LON 4324 7885 4326 7900 4326 7906 4336 7863
      4337 7847 4288 7846 4268 7901 4270 7902
      4274 7892 4279 7885 4299 7894 4296 7894
      4300 7902 4330 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 253DEG 34KT 4301 7903

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Special weather statement, May 11, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 9:45 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
945 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

NYZ002-010>013-085-120230-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-ORLEANS-LIVINGSTON-WYOMING-GENESEE-
945 PM EDT MON MAY 11 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...
NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...GENESEE...NORTHEASTERN ERIE...NORTHERN
WYOMING AND SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES...

AT 945 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ELMA CENTER...OR NEAR
EAST AURORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...CLARENCE...LACKAWANNA...
BATAVIA...DEPEW...LANCASTER...EAST AURORA...ALBION...DARIEN LAKES
STATE PARK...ELMA...MARILLA...LE ROY...PEMBROKE...BENNINGTON...
COLDEN...ORCHARD PARK...AKRON AND SMALL BOAT HARBOR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 56 AND 51...AND BETWEEN
EXITS 49 AND 48.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4279 7885 4282 7887 4284 7886 4286 7888
      4287 7888 4309 7848 4309 7846 4326 7815
      4286 7786 4263 7871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 237DEG 41KT 4282 7864

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Local storm report, May 11, 10:28 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 10:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	64 min
May 11, 8:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		2 hr
May 11, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	46 min
May 11, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	40 min
May 11, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	40 min
May 11, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	45 min
May 11, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming	48 min
May 11, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
May 11, 11:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		114 min
May 12, 3:51 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Lewis	12 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.