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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 11:39 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 66 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 13, 2021, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2021, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
493
WWUS81 KBUF 140339
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1139 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
NYZ010-085-140445-
Southern Erie NY-Northern Erie NY-
1139 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact the northern half of Erie County
through 1245 AM EDT...
At 1137 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over
Lake Erie and northern Erie county...including a line of storms that
stretched from near Erie Basin Marina to 10 miles northwest of
Angola on the Lake. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 35 mph and rainfall amounts of one inch
in less than an hours time.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, Clarence, Lackawanna, Kenmore,
Depew, Tonawanda, Amherst, Lancaster, Hamburg, East Aurora,
Williamsville, Elma, Marilla, Orchard Park, Akron, Erie Basin Marina,
Small Boat Harbor and Alden.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4276 7898 4280 7892 4284 7893 4292 7890
4295 7892 4296 7894 4299 7893 4307 7870
4308 7847 4287 7848 4287 7849 4270 7848
4271 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 242DEG 21KT 4292 7893 4281 7920
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 11:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 14, 11:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 11 hr |
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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.