Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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
$$
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 83 min | |
| Aug 1, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 82 min |
| Aug 1, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 116 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 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.