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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 10, 2012Lewis County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 685 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 2012-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston61 min
Aug 9, 9:08 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF10 hr
Aug 9, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Aug 9, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
Aug 9, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego50 min
Aug 9, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOswego74 min
Aug 9, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF56 min
Aug 10, 12:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Aug 10, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua61 min
Aug 10, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua44 min
Aug 10, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee66 min
Aug 10, 3:55 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF42 hr
Aug 10, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus50 min
Aug 10, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston40 min
Aug 10, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus65 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario58 min
Aug 10, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFMonroe, Wayne69 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.