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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 42 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 15, 2019, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2019, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Cattaraugus County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 15, 10:03 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 10:03 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Buffalo NY 433 AM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019 NYZ001>008-010-011-014-160900- Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-Lewis- Northern Erie-Genesee-Ontario- 433 AM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 NYZ012-013-019>021-085-160900- Wyoming-Livingston-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-Southern Erie- 433 AM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western New York. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will develop today and these may produce gusty winds and small hail this afternoon and early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Hazardous weather is not 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-SLZ022-024-160900- 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 Thu Aug 15 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...Friday through Wednesday. 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 Apffel
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
248 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019
NYZ020-021-151930-
Cattaraugus-Allegany-
248 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALLEGANY COUNTIES...
At 247 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Olean, moving
northeast at 10 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm, along with brief heavy downpours.
Locations impacted include...
Olean, Allegany, Cuba, Weston Mills, St. Bonaventure, Portville,
Knapp Creek, Haskell Flats, West Clarksville, Rock City Park and
Little Genesee.
This includes Interstate 86 between exits 25 and 26.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4200 7852 4208 7853 4222 7829 4214 7817
4201 7818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 243DEG 11KT 4206 7842
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Wyoming | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 27 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.