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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 10, 2016Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2016, 1:39 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 66 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 10, 2016, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

350 
WWUS81 KBUF 100539
SPSBUF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
139 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016

NYZ019-020-085-100645-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CATTARAUGUS-CHAUTAUQUA-
139 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN ERIE...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND NORTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

AT 137 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER EVANGOLA
STATE PARK...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNKIRK...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAMBURG...EAST
AURORA...EVANS...BOSTON...EDEN...COLDEN...ANGOLA...NORTH
COLLINS...EAST CONCORD AND NORTH BOSTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 58 AND 57A.
 
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE OCCURRING
WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR
VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4267 7911 4268 7909 4278 7858 4257 7851
      4245 7912 4263 7917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 255DEG 28KT 4257 7908 

$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 2:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee61 min
Aug 10, 3:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe54 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua64 min
Aug 10, 5:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua3 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.