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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 18, 2021Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 39 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 18, 2021, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -48 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

822 
WWUS81 KBUF 182221
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
621 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NYZ002-182300-
Orleans-
621 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ORLEANS COUNTY...

At 620 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located just offshore of 
Lakeside Beach State Park, or 8 miles north of Albion, moving south 
at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm, along with brief torrential downpours.

Locations impacted include...
Medina, Albion, Waterport, Lakeside Beach State Park, Point Breeze, 
Kent, Ridgeway, Shelby, Clarendon, Gaines, Barre Center, 
Knowlesville and Millville.

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

LAT...LON 4341 7807 4314 7803 4313 7812 4313 7828
      4320 7843 4342 7832 4342 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 014DEG 17KT 4337 7822 
$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee42 min
Jul 18, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Orleans35 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.