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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 26, 2021Allegany County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 12:03 PM EDT for Allegany County, New York. It was in force for 27 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: May 26, 2021, 12:03 PM EDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Allegany County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

065 
WWUS81 KBUF 261603
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1203 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

NYZ021-261630-
Allegany-
1203 PM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN ALLEGANY
COUNTY...

At 1203 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from 7 miles west of Arkport to 6 miles
northeast of Shinglehouse. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Wellsville, Alfred, Whitesville, Scio, Bolivar, Andover, Belmont,
Angelica, Alma, Canaseraga, Almond, West Almond, Birdsall, Stannards,
Knight Creek and Paynesville.

This includes Interstate 86 between exits 32 and 33.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4200 7820 4240 7795 4247 7775 4247 7772
      4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 242DEG 38KT 4238 7784 4202 7810 
$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 10:19 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		9 hr
May 26, 11:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	28 min
May 26, 11:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	29 min
May 26, 11:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	16 min
May 26, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		52 min
May 26, 11:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	61 min
May 26, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	39 min
May 26, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	63 min
May 26, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	33 min
May 26, 2:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	43 min
May 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		16 hr

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.