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WWUS81 KBUF 081937
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
337 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
NYZ001>003-010-011-082030-
ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-NIAGARA NY-NORTHERN ERIE NY-
337 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2024
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN ERIE
SOUTHEASTERN
NIAGARA...SOUTHERN ORLEANS...NORTHERN GENESEE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 335 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PENDLETON TO GREECE.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREECE, CLARENCE, CHILI, BATAVIA, AMHERST, BROCKPORT, GATES-NORTH
GATES, PENDLETON, PEMBROKE, SPENCERPORT, AKRON, BYRON, SCOTTSVILLE,
CHURCHVILLE, OAKFIELD, RIGA, CLARENDON, ALABAMA, BERGEN, AND CORFU.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 47 AND 48A.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
HEAVY RAIN FROM MULTIPLE STORMS PASSING OVER THE SAME AREA WILL
RESULT IN POCKETS OF ONE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN UNDER AN HOURS
TIME. THIS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND
SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4325 7773 4302 7772 4293 7866 4312 7878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 274DEG 48KT 4309 7872 4321 7774
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
RSH
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