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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Nov 22, 2021, 12:27 AM EST for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 93 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
- Nov 22, 2021, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2021, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
236
WWUS81 KBUF 220527
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1227 AM EST Mon Nov 22 2021
NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-220700-
Chautauqua NY-Cattaraugus NY-Allegany NY-Southern Erie NY-Wyoming NY-
Orleans NY-Genesee NY-Niagara NY-Northern Erie NY-
1227 AM EST Mon Nov 22 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Wyoming,
Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Chautauqua, western Allegany and
Genesee Counties through 200 AM EST...
At 1226 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms 14 miles west of Niagara Falls, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Niagara Falls, West Seneca, North Tonawanda,
Jamestown, Clarence, Lockport, Lackawanna, Batavia, Kenmore, Depew,
Amherst, Tonawanda, Olean, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Lancaster, Hamburg and
East Aurora.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between exits 61 and 48.
Interstate 86 between exits 4 and 29.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4227 7976 4228 7973 4231 7977 4244 7950
4253 7939 4259 7919 4272 7909 4280 7892
4293 7891 4299 7901 4307 7901 4308 7908
4315 7904 4325 7906 4329 7909 4338 7852
4338 7802 4200 7815 4201 7976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 265DEG 41KT 4314 7935
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
EAJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 1:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 30 min | |
| Nov 22, 2:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne and 1 more | 95 min |
| Nov 22, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Lewis, Monroe, Oswego and 1 more | 27 hr |
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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.