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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 1, 2021Ontario County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT for Ontario County, New York. It was in force for 46 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, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Ontario County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

055 
WWUS81 KBUF 012114
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
514 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

NYZ003-014-012200-
Ontario-Monroe-
514 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES...

At 512 PM EDT, a thunderstorm with torrential downpours was 
located over Victor, or 7 miles south of Fairport, moving southeast 
at 20 mph. Ponding of water on low lying areas is possible 
with this storm.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Canandaigua, Victor, Bloomfield, Farmington, Mendon, East Bloomfield,
Manchester, Shortsville, Cheshire, Fishers, Cottage City and Holcomb.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 45 and 44.
 
Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

LAT...LON 4298 7754 4306 7744 4294 7715 4284 7716
      4279 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 304DEG 17KT 4300 7746 
$$

Thomas

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie45 min
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, 5:34 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.