Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 2:13 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 62 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, 2016, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 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 06:17 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
765
WWUS81 KBUF 180613
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
213 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
NYZ001-010-180715-
NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE-
213 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...
AT 213 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
KENMORE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...NORTH TONAWANDA...CLARENCE...
LACKAWANNA...KENMORE...DEPEW...AMHERST AND TONAWANDA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 55 AND 49.
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 4304 7901 4313 7851 4286 7851 4280 7892
4284 7893 4292 7890 4293 7891 4293 7890
4296 7893 4296 7896 4300 7902 4302 7902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 259DEG 16KT 4294 7888
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 74 min |
| Aug 18, 3:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 4:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 4:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 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.