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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 26, 2021Erie County, Wyoming County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 2:27 AM EDT for Erie County, Wyoming County, New York. It was in force for 48 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 26, 2021, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2021, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Erie County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2021-03-26Temperature 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 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

774 
WWUS81 KBUF 260627
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
227 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NYZ001-010>013-020-085-260715-
Cattaraugus-Livingston-Southern Erie-Wyoming-Genesee-Niagara-Northern
Erie-
227 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WYOMING...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS...ERIE...NORTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTH
CENTRAL NIAGARA AND SOUTHERN GENESEE COUNTIES...

At 226 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Silver Creek to near Gowanda.
Movement was northeast at 60 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lackawanna, Kenmore, Depew, Amherst, Tonawanda, Lancaster, Hamburg,
East Aurora, Williamsville, Darien Lakes State Park, Grand Island,
Evans, Elma, Boston and Eden.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57A and 48A.
 
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Buffalo.

LAT...LON 4232 7872 4252 7906 4254 7906 4256 7910
      4256 7914 4259 7919 4264 7916 4267 7912
      4272 7909 4276 7898 4280 7892 4284 7893
      4289 7891 4293 7891 4296 7893 4298 7899
      4311 7880 4291 7788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 227DEG 56KT 4260 7922 4242 7888 
$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF31 hr
Mar 26, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Mar 26, 7:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara45 min
Mar 26, 7:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans45 min
Mar 26, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Mar 26, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego45 min
Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Mar 26, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego47 min
Mar 26, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego37 min
Mar 26, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego61 min

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.