Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2015, 11:37 PM EDT for Niagara 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
- Aug 2, 2015, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074
WWUS81 KBUF 030337
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1137 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
NYZ001-002-010-030400-
NORTHERN ERIE-NIAGARA-ORLEANS-
1137 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NIAGARA...NORTH CENTRAL
ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTIES...
AT 1135 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF FORT NIAGARA STATE PARK TO 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUNKIRK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NIAGARA FALLS...NORTH TONAWANDA...LOCKPORT...KENMORE...
AMHERST...TONAWANDA...GRAND ISLAND...NEWFANE AND PENDLETON.
LAT...LON 4312 7907 4314 7904 4326 7906 4337 7856
4337 7821 4293 7890 4299 7894 4296 7894
4299 7901 4307 7900 4306 7895 4304 7890
4302 7890 4300 7894 4301 7890 4302 7889
4305 7890 4307 7892 4308 7907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 271DEG 41KT 4328 7892 4282 7955
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 min | |
| Aug 3, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 39 min | |
| Aug 3, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Aug 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 37 min |
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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.