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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 21, 20214 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 315 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WWUS81 KBUF 210831
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
431 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

NYZ001>003-010>012-019-020-085-210915-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern
Erie-Wyoming-Orleans-Genesee-Monroe-Niagara-Northern Erie-
431 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WYOMING...
NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS...ERIE...SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA...ORLEANS...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA...GENESEE AND NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 430 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Williamsville to Hamburg to near North
Collins to near Lottsville. Movement was northeast at 60 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Jamestown, Clarence, Lackawanna,
Batavia, Depew, Amherst, Tonawanda, Lancaster, Hamburg, Brockport,
East Aurora, Medina, Albion, Salamanca, Williamsville, Hamlin Beach
State Park and Darien Lakes State Park.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between exits 57A and 48.
 Interstate 86 between exits 11 and 16.

LAT...LON 4200 7947 4271 7893 4306 7882 4340 7792
      4339 7780 4308 7793 4222 7860 4200 7928
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 242DEG 50KT 4299 7874 4275 7884 4255 7899 4201
7941
$$

Mitchell

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston26 min
Jun 20, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming42 min
Jun 20, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne39 min
Jun 20, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF67 min
Jun 20, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua52 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Jun 21, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie43 min
Jun 21, 12:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jun 21, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Jun 21, 2:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie46 min
Jun 21, 2:30 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Jun 21, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee51 min
Jun 21, 3:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 21, 3:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe, Orleans39 min
Jun 21, 3:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua63 min
Jun 21, 3:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 21, 4:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua48 min
Jun 21, 4:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF26 min
Jun 21, 4:28 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFCayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more42 hr
Jun 21, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Jun 21, 5:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming75 min
Jun 21, 5:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario42 min
Jun 21, 6:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Ontario, Wayne50 min
Jun 21, 6:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jun 21, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego50 min
Jun 21, 7:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF30 min
Jun 21, 7:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego55 min
Jun 21, 7:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego50 min
Jun 21, 1:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson43 min
Jun 21, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF56 min
Jun 21, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis67 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Jun 21, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie42 min
Jun 21, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis42 min
Jun 21, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming46 min
Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus53 min
Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming57 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario50 min
Jun 21, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Ontario, Wayne47 min
Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF77 min
Jun 21, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne55 min
Jun 21, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego58 min
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis64 min
Jun 21, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis26 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.