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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 13, 2021Cattaraugus County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 4:24 PM EDT for Cattaraugus County, New York. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 13, 2021, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Cattaraugus County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
2252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

655 
WWUS81 KBUF 132024
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
424 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

NYZ020-132100-
Cattaraugus-
424 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS
COUNTY...

At 423 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Allegany State
Park, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Allegany State Park, Limestone, Steamburg and Allegheny Reservoir. 

This includes Interstate 86 between exits 17 and 18.
 
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

LAT...LON 4200 7896 4212 7891 4200 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 290DEG 17KT 4201 7885 
$$

EAJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara46 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF59 min
Jun 13, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFNiagara63 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara35 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 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.