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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, 5:15 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 75 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2021, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2021, 6:30 AM EDT
In force: 75 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 5:50 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Mount Morris, NY	TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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: 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.

653 
WWUS81 KBUF 210915
SPSBUF

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

NYZ003-011>013-020-021-211030-
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Livingston-Wyoming-Genesee-Monroe-
515 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WYOMING...EASTERN
CATTARAUGUS...LIVINGSTON...ALLEGANY...SOUTHEASTERN GENESEE AND
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 514 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Attica to near Salamanca. Movement
was southeast at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Batavia, Olean, Geneseo, Salamanca, Letchworth State Park, Allegany
State Park, Le Roy, Perry, Warsaw, Avon, Mount Morris, Attica,
Pavilion, Caledonia, Ashford, Arcade, Allegany, Franklinville,
Belfast and Cuba.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 10.
 Interstate 86 between exits 19 and 31.

LAT...LON 4300 7766 4254 7777 4204 7806 4207 7887
      4259 7840 4300 7827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0914Z 301DEG 29KT 4293 7826 4215 7884 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	26 min
Jun 20, 9:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming	42 min
Jun 20, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	39 min
Jun 20, 11:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		67 min
Jun 20, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	52 min
Jun 21, 12:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		53 min
Jun 21, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	43 min
Jun 21, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		34 min
Jun 21, 1:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		43 min
Jun 21, 2:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie	46 min
Jun 21, 2:30 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		45 min
Jun 21, 2:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee	51 min
Jun 21, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Jun 21, 3:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe, Orleans	39 min
Jun 21, 3:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	63 min
Jun 21, 3:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Jun 21, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	48 min
Jun 21, 4:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		26 min
Jun 21, 4:28 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	BUF	Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more	42 hr
Jun 21, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	44 min
Jun 21, 4:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		42 min
Jun 21, 5:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Ontario	42 min
Jun 21, 6:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Wayne	50 min
Jun 21, 6:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		57 min
Jun 21, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	50 min
Jun 21, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		30 min
Jun 21, 7:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	55 min
Jun 21, 7:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	50 min
Jun 21, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	43 min
Jun 21, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		56 min
Jun 21, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	67 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		44 min
Jun 21, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	42 min
Jun 21, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	42 min
Jun 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	46 min
Jun 21, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	53 min
Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wyoming	57 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Ontario	50 min
Jun 21, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	47 min
Jun 21, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		77 min
Jun 21, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne	55 min
Jun 21, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	58 min
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	64 min
Jun 21, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.