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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Oct 16, 2021, 2:11 AM EDT for Erie 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
- Oct 16, 2021, 2:11 AM EDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
120
WWUS81 KBUF 160611
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
211 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
NYZ010>012-085-160700-
Southern Erie NY-Wyoming NY-Genesee NY-Northern Erie NY-
211 AM EDT Sat Oct 16 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Wyoming, northeastern Erie and southwestern Genesee Counties through
300 AM EDT...
At 210 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lackawanna, moving northeast at 40 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, West Seneca, Clarence, Lackawanna, Kenmore,
Depew, Amherst, Tonawanda, Lancaster, Hamburg, East Aurora,
Williamsville, Darien Lakes State Park, Elma, Marilla, Pembroke,
Bennington, Orchard Park and Akron.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 57 and 48A.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4280 7892 4284 7893 4289 7891 4291 7891
4307 7875 4307 7833 4281 7831 4272 7883
4279 7894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 232DEG 34KT 4281 7882
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
ThomasThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 29 min | |
| Oct 15, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 45 min |
| Oct 15, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 38 min | |
| Oct 15, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Oct 15, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Oct 16, 1:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Oct 16, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 87 min | |
| Oct 16, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 27 min |
| Oct 16, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 44 min |
| Oct 16, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 92 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.