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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 14, 2015Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2015, 9:22 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2015, 9:22 AM EDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2015, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 14, 7:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 7:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 5:08 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
508 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-150915-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
508 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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-SLZ022-024-150915-
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-
508 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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

HITCHCOCK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
441 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1245 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W SHORE HAVEN         42.31N  79.65W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NY ROUTE 5 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN ROUTE 76
            AND ROUTE 394 DUE TO FLOODING.

0122 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WESTFIELD               42.32N  79.58W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS AND MOBILE HOMES FLOODED IN THE VILLAGE

0130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WESTFIELD               42.32N  79.58W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CARS TRAPPED IN WATER ON THE NYS THRUWAY

0145 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PORTLAND                42.37N  79.47W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. HOMES FLOODED.

0210 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BROCTON                 42.39N  79.44W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. HOMES FLOODED.

0241 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 W WESTFIELD           42.32N  79.62W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            NYS THRUWAY I-90 EASTBOUND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING

0301 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CASSADAGA               42.34N  79.32W
07/14/2015                   CHAUTAUQUA         NY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ROUTE 60 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BUF1500215 BUF1500216 BUF1500217 BUF1500218 BUF1500219
BUF1500220 BUF1500221

HITCHCOCK

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:40 AM EDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
840 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

NYZ019-141300-
CHAUTAUQUA-
840 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...

AT 835 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR
WESTFIELD AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...WESTFIELD...SUNY
FREDONIA...STOCKTON AND BROCTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 60 AND 59.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND WILL PRODUCE A QUICK
QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODING...DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4241 7945 4245 7942 4247 7938 4249 7935
      4249 7933 4253 7925 4254 7920 4254 7918
      4236 7907 4226 7966 4229 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1235Z 245DEG 31KT 4237 7969

REYNOLDS

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:22 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
922 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

NYZ019-020-085-141345-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-
922 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT PORTIONS EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
ERIE...NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA
COUNTIES...

AT 916 AM EDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR
CASSADAGA AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITIONS TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...GOWANDA...SILVER CREEK...ANGOLA...SUNY
FREDONIA...LAKE ERIE BEACH...LAKE ERIE STATE PARK...EVANGOLA STATE
PARK AND ANGOLA ON THE LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 59 AND 58.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
OF BETWEEN HALF TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE...AND THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4241 7945 4244 7942 4245 7942 4247 7938
      4249 7935 4249 7933 4250 7932 4251 7928
      4253 7925 4255 7915 4262 7910 4265 7902
      4233 7883 4225 7942 4239 7950
TIME...MOT...LOC 1316Z 248DEG 23KT 4236 7938

REYNOLDS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 11:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	92 min
Jul 14, 12:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	4 hr
Jul 14, 4:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	6 hr
Jul 14, 4:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more	21 hr
Jul 14, 4:16 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		35 hr
Jul 14, 8:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	20 min
Jul 14, 9:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	18 min
Jul 14, 9:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	4 hr
Jul 14, 1:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	50 min
Jul 14, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	63 min
Jul 14, 3:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	67 min
Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming	34 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Allegany	26 min
Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	5 hr
Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	3 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.