Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 9:41 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2016, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1357 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
467
WWUS81 KBUF 090141
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
941 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NYZ012-019>021-085-090245-
ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-WYOMING-
941 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ERIE...CATTARAUGUS...
WESTERN ALLEGANY...SOUTHERN WYOMING AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...
AT 938 PM EDT...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND OVER
CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AS WELL AS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL
AFFECT PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...DUNKIRK...FREDONIA...HAMBURG...SALAMANCA...
ALLEGANY STATE PARK...EVANS...BOSTON AND EDEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 57A.
INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 30.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORMS PASS.
LAT...LON 4200 7976 4227 7976 4228 7973 4231 7977
4244 7950 4253 7939 4260 7919 4273 7908
4273 7808 4200 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 253DEG 42KT 4209 8015
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 4:46 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 19 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 21 hr | |
| Jul 9, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 67 min | |
| Jul 9, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.