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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 17, 2021Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2021, 4:42 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It was in force for 48 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 17, 2021, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2021, 5:30 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2021-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

262 
WWUS81 KBUF 170842
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
442 AM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

NYZ019-020-170930-
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-
442 AM EDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS AND
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES...

At 442 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Clymer, or 17
miles west of Jamestown, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Jamestown, Allegany State Park, Lakewood, Falconer, Mayville, Clymer,
Long Point State Park, Jamestown West, Chautauqua Institution,
Findley Lake, Frewsburg, Chautauqua, Busti, Stockton, Gerry,
Conewango, Ellington, Leon, Randolph and Celoron.

This includes Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 18.
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4245 7906 4207 7881 4200 7906 4200 7965
      4212 7976 4215 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 243DEG 42KT 4203 7956 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 4:15 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementBUFChautauqua, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne32 hr
Jul 17, 6:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more13 hr
Jul 17, 7:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua36 min
Jul 17, 7:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua3 hr
Jul 17, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFChautauqua3 hr
Jul 17, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany42 min
Jul 17, 2:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFMonroe40 hr
Jul 17, 3:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie6 hr
Jul 17, 3:15 PM EDTTornado WarningBUFCattaraugus, Erie30 min
Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming44 min
Jul 17, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston45 min
Jul 17, 4:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming10 hr
Jul 17, 5:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario3 hr
Jul 17, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus5 hr

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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.