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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 3:34 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 41 min. 10 reports 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Tonawanda, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR HIGHLAND AVE AND TUSSING LANE. |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Kenmore, NY | LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON LEICESTER RD. |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Tonawanda, NY | TREE DOWN ON WESTCHESTER BLVD. |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Tonawanda, NY | LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON WOODLAND DRIVE. |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Tonawanda, NY | LARGE TREE BRANCH ON CAR ON TREADWELL ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Tonawanda, NY | TREE DOWN ACROSS TREADWELL ROAD. |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Pendleton, NY | VERY LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN. |
| Jul 8, 3:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Snyder, NY | TREE DOWN NEAR SHERIDAN DRIVE. |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Akron, NY | TREES DOWN REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA IN NEWSTEAD. |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Akron, NY | MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES. |
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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
514
WWUS81 KBUF 081934
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
334 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NYZ001-010-082015-
Niagara-Northern Erie-
334 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ERIE AND
SOUTHEASTERN NIAGARA COUNTIES...
At 334 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Grand Island, or 9 miles west of Kenmore, moving east at 30 mph.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lackawanna, Kenmore, Depew, Amherst, Tonawanda, Lancaster,
Williamsville, Grand Island, Pendleton, Akron, Small Boat Harbor,
Erie Basin Marina, Blasdell, Woodlawn Beach State Park and Clarence
Center.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 55 and 49.
LAT...LON 4320 7847 4292 7848 4278 7890 4280 7892
4283 7893 4291 7890 4293 7891 4296 7893
4296 7896 4298 7901 4300 7902
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 261DEG 26KT 4294 7906
$$
HSKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 8:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 37 min | |
| Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 38 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.