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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 24, 2022Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2022, 9:01 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2022, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 24, 8:22 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
822 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0646 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST OTTO               42.39N 78.75W
07/24/2022                   CATTARAUGUS        NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF A TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE
            TOWN OF EAST OTTO.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Jul 24, 8:26 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
826 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH DAYTON            42.36N 79.05W
07/24/2022                   CATTARAUGUS        NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF TWO TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN
            THE TOWN OF SOUTH DAYTON.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Jul 24, 8:28 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
828 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0649 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RANDOLPH                42.16N 78.98W
07/24/2022                   CATTARAUGUS        NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
            IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Jul 24, 8:58 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
858 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0657 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW BLISS              42.55N 78.30W
07/24/2022                   WYOMING            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON EAGLE
            ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF BLISS.

&&

PP

Local storm report, Jul 24, 9:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
901 PM EDT SUN JUL 24 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WSW BLISS             42.57N 78.34W
07/24/2022                   WYOMING            NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN
            ON JAVA LAKE ROAD NEAR THE TOWN OF ARCADE.

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
901 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

NYZ020-085-250130-
Cattaraugus NY-Southern Erie NY-
901 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Cattaraugus
and southern Erie Counties through 930 PM EDT...

At 901 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gowanda, or 13 miles south of Hamburg, 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...
Boston, Eden, Springville, Colden, Gowanda, North Collins, East
Concord, Wales Center, Chaffee, North Boston, Concord, Collins,
Yorkshire, Holland, Sardinia, Dayton, Delevan, Perrysburg, Lime
Lake-Machias and Langford.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
western New York.

&&

LAT...LON 4259 7905 4278 7851 4278 7846 4242 7846
      4241 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 253DEG 49KT 4252 7886

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 8:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jul 24, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		96 min
Jul 24, 10:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		65 min
Jul 24, 10:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Jul 24, 10:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		67 min
Jul 24, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie	66 min
Jul 24, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 1 more	63 min
Jul 25, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	29 min
Jul 25, 12:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	59 min
Jul 25, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		54 min
Jul 25, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Wyoming	29 min
Jul 25, 1:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	58 min
Jul 25, 1:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	79 min
Jul 25, 1:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		24 min
Jul 25, 1:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming	46 min
Jul 25, 2:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	59 min
Jul 25, 3:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	35 min
Jul 25, 3:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	45 min
Jul 25, 4:29 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		18 hr
Jul 25, 4:30 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	BUF	Cayuga, Jefferson, Monroe, Oswego, Wayne	18 hr
Jul 25, 4:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston	29 min
Jul 25, 5:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	28 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.