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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 1, 2021Genesee County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2021, 9:50 PM EDT for Genesee County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 1, 2021, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Genesee County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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, 1.8 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 222 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

683 
WWUS81 KBUF 020150
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
950 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

NYZ001-002-010-011-020230-
Orleans-Genesee-Niagara-Northern Erie-
950 PM EDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE...
EASTERN NIAGARA...ORLEANS AND GENESEE COUNTIES...

At 947 PM EDT, blossoming thunderstorms were found across much of 
the Niagara Frontier with a general movement to the southeast at 25 
mph.  

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with these storms. There 
may even be some pea sized hail. 

Locations impacted include...
Clarence, Batavia, Medina, Albion, Darien Lakes State Park, Pembroke,
Akron, Alden, Attica, Byron, Middleport, Oakfield, Holley, Waterport,
Kent, Ridgeway, Shelby, Clarendon, Gaines and Kendall.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 48A and 48.

The main character of the storms though will be heavy rain. 
Torrential rainfall from these storms may cause localized flooding. 
Similar storms earlier in the evening generated a half to one inch 
of rain in under an hour. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

LAT...LON 4287 7860 4336 7862 4336 7802 4288 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 309DEG 21KT 4299 7831 
$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston30 min
Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara30 min
Jul 1, 10:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFGenesee93 min
Jul 2, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego2 hr
Jul 2, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua90 min
Jul 2, 10:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie44 min
Jul 2, 11:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne2 hr
Jul 2, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie2 hr
Jul 2, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming112 min
Jul 2, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Jul 2, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie114 min
Jul 2, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara, Orleans115 min
Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF34 min
Jul 2, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany58 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.