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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 57 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 28, 2021, 12:48 PM EDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687
WWUS81 KBUF 281648
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1248 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
NYZ002>004-011>014-020-021-281745-
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Ontario-Livingston-Wyoming-Orleans-Wayne-
Genesee-Monroe-
1248 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT WAYNE...EASTERN WYOMING...
SOUTHEASTERN CATTARAUGUS...LIVINGSTON...EASTERN ORLEANS...ALLEGANY...
EASTERN GENESEE...MONROE AND ONTARIO COUNTIES...
At 1246 PM EDT, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Hamlin Beach State Park to near Mount Morris to
near Coryville. Movement was east at 45 mph.
Brief wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph are possible with these showers.
Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Geneva, Canandaigua,
Brockport, Geneseo, East Rochester, Hilton, Webster, Fairport,
Dansville, Wellsville, Brighton, Gates-North Gates, Hamlin Beach
State Park, Letchworth State Park, Ontario and Henrietta.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 4 and 12.
Interstate 90 between exits 47 and 42.
Interstate 86 between exits 28 and 33.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these showers, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4200 7844 4278 7799 4342 7806 4339 7775
4328 7754 4332 7735 4333 7693 4302 7690
4301 7696 4276 7697 4276 7731 4258 7737
4258 7766 4253 7766 4253 7772 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 277DEG 38KT 4339 7799 4278 7792 4191 7841
$$
JLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Oswego and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 31 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario, Oswego, Wayne | 119 min |
| Mar 28, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 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.