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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2012, 11:02 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 58 min. 6 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
- Jul 23, 2012, 11:02 PM EDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Volney, NY | TREE LIMBS AND LINES DOWN |
| Jul 23, 11:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Oswego County Arpt, NY | |
| Jul 23, 11:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fulton, NY | POWER LINES DOWN...TREE LIMB THROUGH WINDSHIELD...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK |
| Jul 23, 11:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palermo, NY | 2 TREES DOWN...POWER OUT...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK |
| Jul 23, 11:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Phoenix, NY | TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN PHOENIX AND PENNELLVILLE...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK |
| Jul 23, 11:31 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brewerton, NY | ROUTE 11 AND MILLER RD. TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS81 KBUF 240302
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1102 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
NYZ005-006-240400-
CAYUGA NY-OSWEGO NY-
1102 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1059 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSWEGO...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
FULTON...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LAT...LON 4337 7585 4333 7588 4332 7586 4315 7587
4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7622 4321 7626
4320 7629 4322 7631 4323 7644 4320 7648
4322 7669 4341 7665 4353 7642 4350 7584
$$
TMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jul 23, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 12:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 3:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 16 hr | |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.