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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2021Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 7:30 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 1, 2021, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:15 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2021-08-01Temperature 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

234 
WWUS81 KBUF 011130
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
730 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYZ085-011215-
Southern Erie-
730 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ERIE COUNTY...

At 729 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over North Collins,
or 9 miles southwest of Hamburg, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Evans, Boston, Eden, Angola, North Collins, Evangola State Park, 
Angola on the Lake, Derby, and North Boston.

This includes Interstate 90 near exit 57A.
 
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may cause 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

LAT...LON 4264 7916 4267 7912 4269 7910 4272 7872
      4256 7868 4255 7899 4259 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 265DEG 16KT 4263 7896 
$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston35 min
Aug 1, 10:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua37 min
Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming34 min
Aug 1, 10:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua46 min
Aug 1, 10:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany43 min
Aug 1, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis46 min
Aug 1, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus42 min
Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Aug 1, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany42 min
Aug 1, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany48 min
Aug 1, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany82 min
Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson81 min
Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario46 min
Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF116 min
Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 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.