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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 9, 2010Lewis County, New York

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2010-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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
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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

APFFEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne68 min
Jul 9, 4:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe and 3 more18 hr
Jul 9, 5:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson69 min
Jul 9, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson61 min
Jul 9, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson62 min
Jul 9, 1:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFMonroe, Ontario, Wayne117 min
Jul 9, 2:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua2 hr
Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFWayne3 hr
Jul 9, 3:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFAllegany, Wyoming2 hr
Jul 9, 3:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario3 hr
Jul 9, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFOntario, Wayne3 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.