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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 14, 2021Genesee County, Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT for Genesee County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 24 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 14, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

628 
WWUS81 KBUF 142136
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
536 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-142200-
Orleans-Genesee-Niagara-Northern Erie-
536 PM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
NIAGARA...SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS AND NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTIES...

At 536 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Fort Niagara State Park to near
Middleport. Movement was east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with these
storms, along with brief torrential downpours.

Locations impacted include...
Lockport, Medina, Albion, Newfane, Pendleton, Lewiston, Youngstown, 
Middleport, Oakfield, Fort Niagara State Park, Sanborn, Ridgeway, 
Shelby, Gaines, Alabama, Wilson, Elba, Cambria Center and Pendleton 
Center.

This includes Interstate 90 near exit 48.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4334 7892 4329 7813 4299 7812 4310 7906
      4311 7906 4312 7907 4314 7904 4317 7905
      4325 7906 4326 7907 4330 7909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 291DEG 17KT 4327 7912 4315 7844 
$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	32 min
Jun 13, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	30 min
Jun 13, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		73 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	29 min
Jun 13, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	36 min
Jun 13, 10:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wayne	37 min
Jun 13, 11:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	44 min
Jun 13, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Oswego	30 min
Jun 14, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	56 min
Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	33 min
Jun 14, 1:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	43 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	37 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	41 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.