Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 4:40 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 35 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 3, 2017, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751 WWUS81 KBUF 032040 SPSBUF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 440 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 NYZ010-012-085-032115- Southern Erie-Wyoming-Northern Erie- 440 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTIES... At 439 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Boston to near Chaffee. Movement was north at 15 mph. Winds up to 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with these storms. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Locations impacted include... West Seneca, East Aurora, Elma, Boston, Marilla, Springville, Bennington, Colden, Orchard Park and Attica. LAT...LON 4286 7871 4287 7818 4255 7835 4249 7892 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 194DEG 14KT 4259 7874 4263 7843 $$ Church
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego and 1 more | 61 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.