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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 19, 2010Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2010, 9:28 PM EDT for Lewis 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
Jun 19, 2010, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2010, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 279 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 6 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-201945-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF

LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-201945-
UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE
RIVER-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS-
336 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
513 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NYZ006>008-192230-
JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
513 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BURST OF RAIN...CLOUD
  TO GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES...GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARNES CORNERS...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  BARNES CORNERS
  COPENHAGEN
  DEFERIET
  LOWVILLE

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 4366 7511 4359 7596 4376 7605 4414 7563
      4398 7515

THOMAS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
731 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NYZ012-020-021-200030-
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-WYOMING NY-
731 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTTO...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4254 7809 4227 7806 4222 7885 4245 7886

TJP
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
840 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

NYZ020-021-200145-
ALLEGANY NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-
840 PM EDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
  HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHFORD...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  FRANKLINVILLE
  ISCHUA
  CUBA
  RUSHFORD
  FRIENDSHIP
  BELFAST
  ANGELICA

LAT...LON 4246 7792 4219 7790 4220 7863 4238 7865

TJP
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:17 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany65 min
Jun 19, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego58 min
Jun 19, 9:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus96 min
Jun 20, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis48 min

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Special Weather Statements in New York, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010

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.