Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 31 hr | |
| Mar 26, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 45 min | |
| Mar 26, 7:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 7:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 66 min | |
| Mar 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Mar 26, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 10:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 61 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.