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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT for Niagara 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
- Sep 7, 2021, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2021, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
988
WWUS81 KBUF 080302
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1102 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
NYZ001-080330-
Niagara NY-
1102 PM EDT Tue Sep 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Niagara County
through 1130 PM EDT...
At 1101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 15 miles north of Newfane to 19 miles west of
Niagara Falls. Movement was east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Niagara Falls, Lockport, Newfane, Lewiston, Youngstown, Middleport,
Fort Niagara State Park, Sanborn, Wilson, Barker, Cambria Center,
Olcott, Pendleton Center, Ransomville, Gasport, Model City and
Appleton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4340 7864 4341 7847 4313 7846 4308 7907
4311 7906 4312 7907 4314 7904 4317 7905
4325 7906 4326 7907 4330 7909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 274DEG 39KT 4351 7870 4300 7942
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Sep 8, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 4:10 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 19 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 min | |
| Sep 8, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 63 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.