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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2017, 1:57 PM EDT for Allegany County, Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 16, 2017, 1:57 PM EDT (17:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 16, 11:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 11:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 520 AM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-170930- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua- Cattaraugus-Allegany-Southern Erie- 520 AM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move across the area from late morning through this afternoon. A few of the thunderstorms may produce strong and possibly damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-170930- Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Ripley to Dunkirk- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Dunkirk to Buffalo- Lower Niagara River- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario nearshore waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Lake Ontario open waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach- Lake Ontario open waters from Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay- Lake Ontario open waters from Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River- Saint Lawrence River from Cape Vincent to Ogdensburg- 520 AM EDT Sun Apr 16 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service office in Buffalo can be found on the internet at http://www.weather.gov/buf
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 1:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
157 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2017
NYZ012>014-020-021-161830-
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Ontario-Livingston-Wyoming-
157 PM EDT SUN APR 16 2017
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING...
EAST CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS...SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON...ALLEGANY AND ONTARIO
COUNTIES...
At 157 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Bloomfield to near Franklinville.
Movement was southeast at 60 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Geneva, Canandaigua, Dansville, Letchworth State Park, Alfred,
Conesus, Bristol, Franklinville, Belfast and Bloomfield.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 4 and 6.
Interstate 86 between exits 30 and 33.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, 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 4231 7860 4296 7737 4287 7698 4276 7698
4276 7732 4267 7737 4258 7737 4258 7766
4253 7766 4253 7772 4214 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 293DEG 52KT 4291 7739 4229 7843
ReynoldsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 36 hr | |
| Apr 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 27 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.