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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2020, 5:56 PM EDT for Erie 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
- Jul 9, 2020, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2020, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 307 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:12 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 512 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 NYZ020-085-092145- Cattaraugus-Southern Erie- 512 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTIES... At 510 PM EDT, two strong thunderstorms were located in Northern Cattaraugus County. One was located near Otto, the other near Ashford Hollow moving northwest at 5 mph. Wind gusts to 40 mph, small hail and heavy rain are possible with this storm. A quick half inch or more of rain will fall in some areas in as little as fifteen minutes. Locations impacted include... Springville, Gowanda, Ashford Hollow, New Albion, East Otto, Cattaraugus, Otto, Cattaraugus County Landfill and West Valley. Occasional 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 4237 7852 4229 7893 4250 7905 4256 7872 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 152DEG 4KT 4239 7886 Welch
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Buffalo NY 556 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 NYZ010-092230- Northern Erie- 556 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY... At 555 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Clarence, moving northwest at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Cheektowaga, Clarence, Depew, Lancaster, Akron, Alden, Clarence Center and East Amherst. This includes Interstate 90 near exit 49. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. LAT...LON 4287 7850 4287 7872 4302 7872 4303 7851 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 146DEG 6KT 4296 7867 RSH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.