Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 1, 2021, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
633
WWUS81 KBUF 012043
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
443 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021
NYZ010>014-019>021-085-012145-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Allegany-Ontario-Livingston-Southern
Erie-Wyoming-Genesee-Northern Erie-
443 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021
...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT WYOMING...CATTARAUGUS...
ERIE...LIVINGSTON...CHAUTAUQUA...ALLEGANY...SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE AND
ONTARIO COUNTIES...
At 441 PM EDT, a band of heavy snow showers was located along a line
extending from near Chautauqua Institution to near Naples. Movement
was south at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these snow showers and
visibility will briefly be reduced to a quarter mile. Most roads
will remain wet, although a few slushy spots may develop across
higher terrain.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 390 between exits 4 and 10.
Interstate 90 between exits 60 and 56, and near exit 43.
Interstate 86 between exits 6 and 33.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for greatly reduced visibility and a few slushy spots on
roads. Slow down and allow extra time when traveling.
LAT...LON 4200 7967 4233 7973 4253 7939 4259 7919
4273 7908 4278 7896 4299 7714 4276 7714
4276 7732 4258 7737 4258 7766 4253 7766
4253 7772 4203 7775 4200 7796
$$
EAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 88 min |
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 58 min |
| Apr 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario and 1 more | 58 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021
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.