Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 5:58 AM EDT for Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 32 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, 5:58 AM EDT (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2021, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
337
WWUS81 KBUF 080958
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
558 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
NYZ002-081030-
Orleans NY-
558 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Orleans County
through 630 AM EDT...
At 557 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Middleport, or near Medina, moving east at 55 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...
Medina, Albion, Holley, Waterport, Lakeside Beach State Park, Point
Breeze, Kent, Ridgeway, Shelby, Clarendon, Gaines, Kendall,
Lyndonville, Fancher, Barre Center, Knowlesville and Millville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4341 7849 4340 7800 4314 7800 4314 7846
4337 7846 4338 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 255DEG 48KT 4324 7850
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, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 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.