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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 20, 2021Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 52 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 20, 2021, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2021-06-20Temperature 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

292 
WWUS81 KBUF 202223
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
623 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

NYZ019-020-085-202315-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie-
623 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS...
SOUTHWESTERN ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

At 622 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Long Point
State Park, or 7 miles north of Jamestown, moving northeast at 25
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Westfield, Gowanda, Silver Creek,
Falconer, Mayville, Long Point State Park, Jamestown West, Lake Erie
State Park, SUNY Fredonia, Frewsburg, Evangola State Park, Portland,
Sheridan, Stockton, New Albion, Gerry and Dayton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 60 and 58.
 Interstate 86 between exits 10 and 15.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4200 7917 4235 7965 4261 7913 4238 7875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 220DEG 24KT 4220 7928 
$$

Mitchell

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego53 min
Jun 19, 9:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFOswego2 hr
Jun 19, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego60 min
Jun 20, 2:44 PM EDTWind AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans25 hr
Jun 20, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus45 min
Jun 20, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus48 min
Jun 20, 4:30 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF57 hr
Jun 20, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua35 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.