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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 21, 2013Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2013, 1:01 AM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 59 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
May 21, 2013, 1:01 AM EDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

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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 May 20, 11:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 11:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1102 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

NYZ001-210345-
NIAGARA NY-
1102 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 1058 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
GUSTY WINDS OUT AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH IS PRODUCING
WINDS TO 40 MPH. THIS GUSTY FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NIAGARA COUNTY
THROUGH 1145 PM.

LAT...LON 4333 7883 4338 7851 4314 7850 4308 7900
      4310 7907 4312 7907 4313 7906 4325 7906
      4326 7908

APFFEL
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:01 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
101 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

NYZ005>008-210600-
CAYUGA NY-JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
101 AM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER OSWEGO COUNTY...

* AT 1257 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL
  HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF NINE MILE POINT TO 6 MILES
  WEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!

LAT...LON 4326 7589 4323 7667 4343 7662 4348 7649
      4353 7642 4352 7629 4354 7623 4358 7621
      4373 7622 4380 7624 4383 7628 4394 7577

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF52 min
May 20, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara43 min
May 21, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF51 min
May 21, 12:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
May 21, 1:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis48 min
May 21, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 min
May 21, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis41 min
May 21, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis61 min
May 21, 2:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLewis32 min
May 21, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne58 min
May 21, 12:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario26 min
May 21, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne58 min
May 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFWayne54 min
May 21, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming33 min
May 21, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
May 21, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe47 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Wyoming49 min
May 21, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario28 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario47 min
May 21, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF85 min
May 21, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
May 21, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
May 21, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson56 min
May 21, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario15 min
May 21, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego57 min
May 21, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis31 min
May 21, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.