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 8, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 28 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 8, 2021, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463
WWUS81 KBUF 082117
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
517 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
NYZ004-082145-
Wayne NY-
517 PM EDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Wayne County
through 545 PM EDT...
At 516 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm with
heavy rainfall over Sodus, or 18 miles east of Webster, moving
northeast at 10 mph. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this
storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle
through flooded roadways.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Williamson, Sodus, Chimney Bluffs State Park, Rose, Huron, Wolcott,
Sodus Point, Port Bay, North Rose, East Williamson and Alton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4332 7676 4309 7690 4319 7720 4333 7713
4331 7697 4334 7691 4335 7684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 209DEG 11KT 4321 7705
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
ThomasThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 7:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Lewis and 6 more | 3 days |
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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.