Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2023
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2023, 2:39 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2023, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Macedon, NY | Trees and wires down. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KBUF 071839
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
239 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
NYZ002>004-011-071930-
Orleans NY-Wayne NY-Genesee NY-Monroe NY-
239 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN WAYNE...EASTERN
ORLEANS...MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN GENESEE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...
At 239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Holley to Chili to Penfield to near
Palmyra. Movement was north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Brockport, East Rochester,
Hilton, Webster, Fairport, Brighton, Hamlin Beach State Park,
Gates-North Gates, Ontario, Henrietta, Penfield, Newark, Williamson,
Marion, Spencerport, and Palmyra.
This includes Interstate 390 near exit 12.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4339 7775 4328 7754 4332 7735 4333 7714
4331 7697 4334 7689 4301 7713 4304 7714
4303 7743 4308 7752 4302 7777 4311 7814
4341 7802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 201DEG 30KT 4316 7802 4308 7774 4315 7749 4302
7725
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
JJRThe 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, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.