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 18, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 32 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 18, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2015, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS81 KBUF 181513
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015
NYZ010-085-181545-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 18 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY...
AT 1112 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EAST AURORA...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...CLARENCE...LACKAWANNA...
DEPEW...AMHERST...LANCASTER...EAST AURORA AND WILLIAMSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 56 AND 49.
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.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4293 7890 4303 7860 4273 7848 4266 7872
4283 7886 4284 7886 4286 7887 4286 7888
4288 7888 4288 7889 4290 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 156DEG 17KT 4277 7865
$$
MITCHELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 29 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.