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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

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

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 11, 2021, 10:31 PM EST for Livingston County, Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 44 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, 10:31 PM EST (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2021, 11:15 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.

645 
WWUS81 KBUF 120331
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1031 PM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

NYZ004-005-013-014-120415-
Ontario-Livingston-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
1031 PM EST Thu Mar 11 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...
CENTRAL LIVINGSTON...CAYUGA AND ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 1029 PM EST, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Clyde to Conesus. Movement was east
at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with these
storms.

Locations impacted include...
Geneva, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Letchworth State Park, Newark, Lyons,
Palmyra, Mount Morris, Victor, Conesus, Bristol, Clifton Springs,
Clyde, Phelps, Weedsport, Bloomfield, Naples, Rushville, Cato and
Honeoye.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 8.
 Interstate 90 between exits 43 and 40.

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and 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!

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 4273 7796 4275 7795 4331 7661 4325 7660
      4325 7648 4303 7650 4301 7696 4276 7697
      4276 7731 4267 7737 4258 7737 4258 7766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 279DEG 32KT 4314 7682 4274 7767 
$$

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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, 9:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario, Wayne60 min
Mar 11, 9:39 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming66 min
Mar 12, 4:05 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF3 days

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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.