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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 25, 2021Livingston County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2021, 6:56 PM EDT for Livingston County, New York. It was in force for 64 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 25, 2021, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Livingston County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 446 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 2021-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

556 
WWUS81 KBUF 252256
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
656 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021
 
NYZ012-013-021-260000-
Allegany NY-Livingston NY-Wyoming NY-
656 PM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Wyoming, southwestern Livingston and north central Allegany Counties
through 800 PM EDT...

At 655 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Portageville, or near Letchworth State Park, moving northeast at 10
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Geneseo, Letchworth State Park, Perry, Mount Morris, Portageville,
Groveland, Nunda, Pike, Castile, Silver Springs, Leicester,
Gainesville, Perry Center, Silver Lake, Hunt, Rossburg, Sonyea and
Dalton.

This includes Interstate 390 between exits 6 and 7.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4247 7813 4264 7820 4286 7788 4264 7767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 235DEG 9KT 4261 7806 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

HSK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Aug 25, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne45 min
Aug 25, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany, Livingston, Wyoming2 hr
Aug 25, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston40 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.