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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 7, 2023Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2023, 2:13 PM EDT for Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 7, 2023, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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: 112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

972 
WWUS81 KBUF 071813
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
213 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
 
NYZ001-002-010-011-071900-
Orleans NY-Genesee NY-Niagara NY-Northern Erie NY-
213 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ERIE...NIAGARA...
ORLEANS AND NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

At 212 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Grand Island to Amherst to
near Akron to near Byron to near Le Roy. Movement was north at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and heavy rainfall.

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, Lockport,
Batavia, Kenmore, Amherst, Tonawanda, Medina, Albion, Williamsville,
Hamlin Beach State Park, Grand Island, Newfane, Pendleton, Le Roy,
Pembroke, Akron, and Lewiston.

This includes Interstate 90 between exits 47 and 48A, and between
exits 50 and 50A.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4330 7909 4340 7864 4342 7842 4341 7797
      4338 7774 4334 7777 4336 7799 4314 7800
      4313 7791 4290 7803 4301 7815 4299 7858
      4293 7878 4292 7890 4296 7893 4300 7902
      4306 7900 4308 7908 4315 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 197DEG 29KT 4297 7910 4300 7875 4306 7856 4308
7813 4303 7807

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

$$

JJR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 10:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee, Niagara	63 min
Aug 7, 4:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		41 hr
Aug 7, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	33 min
Aug 7, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		93 min
Aug 7, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		53 min
Aug 7, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	51 min
Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara, Orleans	34 min
Aug 7, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	44 min
Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	46 min
Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	BUF	Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more	30 hr
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		41 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	39 min
Aug 7, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	45 min
Aug 7, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	26 min
Aug 7, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Ontario, Oswego, Wayne	62 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		56 min
Aug 7, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	42 min
Aug 7, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	49 min
Aug 7, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		55 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	61 min
Aug 7, 6:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis	25 min
Aug 7, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	54 min
Aug 7, 6:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	33 min
Aug 7, 7:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Lewis	23 min
Aug 7, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	64 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.