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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2017, 1:44 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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
- Jul 20, 2017, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Springville, NY | TREE DOWN AT BEECH TREE RD AND HWY 240. |
| Jul 20, 2:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Sardinia, NY | TREES DOWN ON CREEK RD. IN TOWN OF YORKSHIRE. |
| Jul 20, 2:21 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Hamburg, NY | SPOTTER ERPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SOUTH ABBOTT AND THE ORCHARD PARK/HAMBURG TOWN LINE. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 2004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
960 WWUS81 KBUF 201744 SPSBUF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 144 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017 NYZ012-020-085-201815- Cattaraugus-Southern Erie-Wyoming- 144 PM EDT THU JUL 20 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING... NORTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTIES... At 143 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Boston, or near Hamburg, moving east at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Hamburg, Boston, Eden, Springville, Colden, Arcade, East Concord, Chaffee, North Boston and Concord. This storm 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. LAT...LON 4259 7893 4276 7880 4265 7823 4238 7842 TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 290DEG 32KT 4265 7875 $$ Mitchell
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 31 min | |
| Jul 20, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Jul 20, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jul 20, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 12:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Wyoming | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 1:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.