Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 12:21 AM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 10, 2012, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
605
WWUS81 KBUF 100421
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
NYZ008-100515-
LEWIS NY-
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 1217 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HIGHMARKET...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
HIGHMARKET...
CONSTABLEVILLE...
TURIN AND LYONS FALLS...
MARTINSBURG...
LOWVILLE...
CASTORLAND...
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4342 7551 4342 7555 4354 7576 4398 7549
4376 7512 4362 7510
$$
APFFELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 9:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 10 hr | |
| Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Aug 9, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 74 min |
| Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 42 hr | |
| Aug 10, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.