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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 7, 2021Livingston County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Livingston County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2021-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

565 
WWUS81 KBUF 072115
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
515 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

NYZ013-021-072145-
Allegany-Livingston-
515 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON AND
NORTH CENTRAL ALLEGANY COUNTIES...

At 514 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Dansville, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Dansville, Groveland, Nunda, Ossian, Dalton, and Swain.

This includes Interstate 390 between exits 4 and 5.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4246 7790 4255 7799 4269 7776 4258 7766
      4253 7766 4253 7772 4251 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 240DEG 12KT 4253 7785 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany64 min
Jul 6, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga30 min
Jul 7, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua39 min
Jul 7, 3:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua26 min
Jul 7, 4:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus90 min
Jul 7, 4:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany43 min
Jul 7, 4:38 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFMonroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne17 hr
Jul 7, 4:39 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF17 hr
Jul 7, 4:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
Jul 7, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara38 min
Jul 7, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans48 min
Jul 7, 6:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe41 min
Jul 7, 6:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario41 min
Jul 7, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany42 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua35 min
Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua58 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany38 min
Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany37 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany57 min
Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany33 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.