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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2019, 5:43 AM EDT for Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2019, 5:43 AM EDT (09:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2019, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 13, 4:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 4:23 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 433 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-140845- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- Northern Erie-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua- Cattaraugus-Allegany-Southern Erie- 433 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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-SLZ022-024-140845- 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- Saint Lawrence River from Ogdensburg to Saint Regis- 433 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the New York waters of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Saint Lawrence River. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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, Aug 13, 5:43 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
543 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019
NYZ010>012-085-131045-
Southern Erie-Wyoming-Genesee-Northern Erie-
543 AM EDT Tue Aug 13 2019
...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WYOMING...EAST
CENTRAL ERIE AND SOUTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...
At 541 AM EDT, radar indicated a line of heavy shower activity
located along a line extending from Buffalo to near Alden. Movement
was east southeast at just 15 to 20 mph.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Lackawanna, Depew, Lancaster, East
Aurora, Darien Lakes State Park, Elma, Marilla, Bennington, Small
Boat Harbor, Erie Basin Marina, Alden, Attica, Wales Center, Elma
Center, Billington Heights, Corfu and Alexander.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 55 and 52A.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this activity, and may
cause localized flooding. Rainfall of a half to one inch in less
than 30 minutes is possible. Do not drive your vehicle through
flooded roadways.
LAT...LON 4288 7892 4296 7837 4286 7802 4275 7854
4286 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 280DEG 16KT 4288 7885 4293 7847
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 7:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 56 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.