Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2010
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2010, 12:32 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 73 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
- Jul 9, 2010, 12:32 AM EDT (04:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2010, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 73 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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 Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:28 AM EDT, 19 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 528 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2010 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-090930- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 528 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AWAY FROM THE LAKES WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 90 AND 95 THIS AFTERNOON. THESE MERCURY READINGS COMBINED WITH MODERATELY HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PRODUCE APPARENT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...CLOSE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BRING RELIEF FROM THE RECENT HOT SPELL. IT WILL SPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. EARLY ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS...1.25 TO 1.90 INCHES ACROSS THE GENESEE VALLEY AND WESTERN FINGER LAKES...AND 1.25 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS AREAS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. .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-SLZ022-024-090930- 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- 528 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY 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, Jul 9, 12:32 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1232 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010
NYZ008-090545-
LEWIS NY-
1232 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY...
* AT 1227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WILL BRING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL TO SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY...IN AND AROUND THE TOWNS OF
CONSTABLEVILLE...LYONS FALLS...AND PORT LEYDEN. THE STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4359 7514 4347 7541 4350 7550 4371 7532
4364 7511 4363 7511 4362 7511
APFFELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 1:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 1:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Ontario, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jul 9, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Allegany, Wyoming | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.