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, 5:11 PM EDT for Genesee County, New York. It was in force for 34 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, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Genesee County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
738 WWUS81 KBUF 032111 SPSBUF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 511 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 NYZ001-002-010-011-032145- Orleans-Genesee-Niagara-Northern Erie- 511 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES... At 511 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Akron, or near Clarence, moving north at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Locations impacted include... Medina, Akron, Middleport, Shelby, Gasport, Clarence Center, Wolcottsville and Rapids. LAT...LON 4299 7849 4301 7866 4327 7866 4320 7830 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 194DEG 13KT 4304 7856 $$ 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, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 37 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.