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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2016, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Concord, NY | REPORT OF LARGE TREE DOWN ON GENESEE RD VIA FACEBOOK. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
470 WWUS81 KBUF 282111 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 511 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 NYZ020-085-282145- SOUTHERN ERIE-CATTARAUGUS- 511 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES... AT 511 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRINGVILLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF HAMBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOSTON...SPRINGVILLE...COLDEN...EAST CONCORD...NORTH BOSTON...CONCORD... HOLLAND AND EAST OTTO. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND 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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4234 7876 4241 7891 4270 7877 4260 7848 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 201DEG 12KT 4247 7873 $$ CHURCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 43 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| May 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 39 min |
| May 28, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 36 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 28 min |
| May 28, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie | 21 min |
| May 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 27 min |
| May 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.