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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 5:11 AM EDT for Niagara 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
- Sep 8, 2021, 5:11 AM EDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Niagara County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
046
WWUS81 KBUF 080911
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
511 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NYZ001-010-081015-
Niagara NY-Northern Erie NY-
511 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Erie and
Niagara Counties through 615 AM EDT...
At 511 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles west of Newfane to 26 miles southwest
of Niagara Falls. 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, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Clarence,
Lockport, Kenmore, Depew, Tonawanda, Amherst, Lancaster,
Williamsville, Grand Island, Newfane, Pendleton, Akron, Lewiston,
Alden, Youngstown and Middleport.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 51 and 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4311 7906 4312 7907 4314 7904 4317 7905
4325 7906 4332 7899 4340 7862 4341 7847
4290 7848 4294 7892 4296 7893 4296 7896
4298 7901 4302 7902 4306 7900 4308 7908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0911Z 271DEG 23KT 4328 7886 4288 7948
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, 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, 5:27 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.