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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 12:41 AM EDT for Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2021, 12:41 AM EDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 13 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.
735
WWUS81 KBUF 080441
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1241 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NYZ001-010-080530-
Niagara NY-Northern Erie NY-
1241 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Erie and
southern Niagara Counties through 130 AM EDT...
At 1241 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lewiston to 15 miles west of Erie Basin
Marina. Movement was east at 25 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...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, North Tonawanda, Clarence, Lockport, Kenmore,
Depew, Tonawanda, Amherst, Lancaster, Williamsville, Grand Island,
Pendleton, Akron, Erie Basin Marina, Alden, Middleport, Sanborn,
Clarence Center and Cambria Center.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 52A and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4326 7846 4287 7847 4288 7891 4293 7891
4296 7893 4296 7894 4319 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 267DEG 24KT 4314 7898 4286 7920
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 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 7, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 28 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 |
Nearby
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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.