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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 23, 2012Oswego County, New York

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 11:11 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGVolney, NYTREE LIMBS AND LINES DOWN
Jul 23, 11:11 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 59Oswego County Arpt, NY
Jul 23, 11:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFulton, NYPOWER LINES DOWN...TREE LIMB THROUGH WINDSHIELD...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK
Jul 23, 11:17 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPalermo, NY2 TREES DOWN...POWER OUT...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK
Jul 23, 11:22 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGPhoenix, NYTREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN PHOENIX AND PENNELLVILLE...FROM WSYR FACEBOOK
Jul 23, 11:31 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBrewerton, NYROUTE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1455 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

092 
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

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TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson55 min
Jul 23, 11:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Wyoming34 min
Jul 24, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany44 min
Jul 24, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany24 min
Jul 24, 3:58 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF16 hr
Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego45 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.