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, 4:49 PM EDT for Ontario County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports 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, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Ontario County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 5:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Newark, NY | Trees and wires down. |
| Aug 7, 5:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Newark, NY | Trees and wires down. |
| Aug 7, 5:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lyons, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
031
WWUS81 KBUF 072049
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
449 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
NYZ004>006-014-072115-
Ontario NY-Oswego NY-Wayne NY-Northern Cayuga NY-
449 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2023
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...WEST
CENTRAL OSWEGO AND EASTERN ONTARIO COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
At 449 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Palmyra to near Canandaigua to near
Naples. Movement was northeast at 30 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...
Oswego, Geneva, Canandaigua, Fair Haven Beach State Park, Newark,
Marion, Lyons, Palmyra, Clifton Springs, Clyde, Phelps, Sodus,
Weedsport, Naples, Rushville, Cato, Chimney Bluffs State Park,
Farmington, Walworth, and Gorham.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 40 and 43.
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 4262 7749 4281 7732 4312 7733 4334 7689
4339 7673 4345 7665 4352 7651 4314 7649
4303 7657 4301 7696 4276 7697 4276 7731
4267 7737 4258 7737 4258 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 240DEG 28KT 4308 7728 4284 7726 4260 7748
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, 2:39 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, 4:58 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.