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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 9, 2021Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2021, 12:32 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2021, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

460 
WWUS81 KBUF 091632
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1232 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NYZ013-014-091715-
Ontario-Livingston-
1232 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL LIVINGSTON AND CENTRAL 
ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 1230 PM EDT, a thunderstorm was located near Bristol, or 8 miles 
southwest of Canandaigua, moving east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm, along with 
torrential downpours.

Locations impacted include...
Canandaigua, Bristol, Phelps, Bloomfield, Naples, Rushville, Gorham, 
East Bloomfield, Holcomb, Seneca Castle, Cheshire, and Bristol 
Mountain.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may cause 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Lightning is possible on Canandaigua Lake and Honeoye Lake. Boaters 
should seek shelter on shore until the storm passes. 

LAT...LON 4258 7754 4292 7748 4296 7706 4276 7706
      4276 7731 4273 7734 4267 7737 4258 7737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 280DEG 14KT 4279 7738 
$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston51 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.