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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 3, 2018Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 10:21 AM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 24 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, 2018, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2018, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 404 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

041 
WWUS81 KBUF 031421
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1021 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018

NYZ021-031445-
Allegany-
1021 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2018

...A HEAVY SHOWER WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTY...

At 1019 AM EDT, a shower was located near Hartsville, or 10 miles 
southwest of Hornell. The shower is nearly stationary. 

Locations impacted include...
Alfred and Andover. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this shower, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4214 7788 4223 7784 4229 7774 4212 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 253DEG 4KT 4219 7775 

$$

HSK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua54 min
Aug 3, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara, Orleans67 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.