Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2021, 11:27 AM EDT for Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 2, 2021, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
633
WWUS81 KBUF 021527
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1127 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021
NYZ019-020-085-021730-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-Southern Erie-
1127 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CATTARAUGUS...
CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...
At 1125 AM EDT, numerous strong thunderstorms were found across much
of the southern tier. The slow moving...heavy rain producing storms
were generally moving to the southwest at 15 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these storms. There may
even be pea sized hail in the stronger storms.
Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Hamburg, East Aurora, Salamanca,
Allegany State Park, Evans, Boston, Eden, Springville, Colden,
Orchard Park, Westfield, Lakewood, Gowanda, Silver Creek, Falconer,
Ashford and Angola.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between exits 61 and 57.
Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 24.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and could cause
localized flooding. Localized rainfall amounts of one to two inches
will be possible with many of these storms. Do not drive your
vehicle through flooded roadways.
LAT...LON 4232 7977 4244 7950 4253 7939 4259 7919
4271 7909 4277 7894 4277 7848 4200 7848
4200 7976 4227 7976 4228 7973
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 045DEG 13KT 4247 7906
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 10:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Genesee | 93 min |
| Jul 2, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 90 min |
| Jul 2, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 11:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans, Wyoming | 112 min |
| Jul 2, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 44 min | |
| Jul 2, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 114 min |
| Jul 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 34 min | |
| Jul 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 58 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.