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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT for Lewis 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
- Jun 2, 2013, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2013, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 2, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1140 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-031545- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1140 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-031545- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 1140 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:17 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
217 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
NYZ004>007-021915-
CAYUGA NY-JEFFERSON NY-OSWEGO NY-WAYNE NY-
217 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF FULTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
FULTON...
OSWEGO...
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4318 7669 4332 7678 4335 7673 4335 7670
4343 7663 4348 7649 4353 7642 4352 7629
4354 7624 4358 7621 4370 7622 4375 7614
4341 7584 4339 7584
REYNOLDSSpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 3:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
301 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
NYZ006>008-022000-
JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
301 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
...STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ADAMS CENTER TO 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CENTRAL SQUARE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG STORMS MAY INCLUDE...
WORTH AND WILLIAMSTOWN...
REDFIELD AND BARNES CORNERS...
OSCEOLA AND NORTH OSCEOLA...
DEFERIET AND COPENHAGEN...
WEST CARTHAGE AND CARTHAGE...
HIGHMARKET AND CASTORLAND...
NATURAL BRIDGE AND MARTINSBURG...
TURIN AND PORT LEYDEN...
OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4333 7588 4332 7585
4330 7586 4327 7618 4373 7620 4423 7545
4411 7517 4362 7510
REYNOLDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Jun 2, 4:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Jun 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 7:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 3 hr |
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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.