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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 11, 2021Livingston County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 11, 2021, 9:30 PM EST for Livingston County, Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 60 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
Mar 11, 2021, 9:30 PM EST (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2021, 10:30 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 534 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
534 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
598 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

870 
WWUS81 KBUF 120230
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
930 PM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

NYZ003>005-011>014-120330-
Ontario-Livingston-Wyoming-Wayne-Genesee-Monroe-Northern Cayuga-
930 PM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WAYNE...NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING...LIVINGSTON...CAYUGA...SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE...SOUTHERN
MONROE AND ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 929 PM EST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Ontario to near Chili to near
Attica. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Irondequoit, Chili, Geneva, Canandaigua, Geneseo, East
Rochester, Webster, Fairport, Brighton, Fair Haven Beach State Park,
Gates-North Gates, Letchworth State Park, Ontario, Henrietta,
Penfield, Newark, Williamson, Marion and Le Roy.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 12.
 Interstate 90 between exits 46 and 40.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, which may 
cause localized flooding in poor drainage areas and also along 
creeks and streams that are already swollen by melting snow. Do not 
drive your vehicle through flooded roadways!

These storms 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 4288 7825 4332 7737 4333 7714 4331 7697
      4335 7681 4339 7673 4343 7668 4344 7658
      4342 7662 4325 7661 4325 7648 4303 7649
      4301 7696 4276 7697 4276 7731 4267 7737
      4258 7737 4257 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 293DEG 34KT 4329 7727 4307 7773 4284 7822 
$$

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 8:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Orleans59 min
Mar 11, 8:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe56 min
Mar 11, 9:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming66 min
Mar 11, 10:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario44 min
Mar 12, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF3 days

Nearby

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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.