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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 22, 2013Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2013, 5:21 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 24 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 22, 2013, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2013-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

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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 Aug 22, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:53 AM EDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
453 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-230900-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
453 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR AN
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WHICH COULD BRING STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-230900-
UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO-
LOWER NIAGARA RIVER-
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-
453 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE
ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SMALL THREAT FOR AN
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WHICH COULD BRING STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
248 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NYZ010-221930-
ERIE NY-
248 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHTOWNS...

* AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
  HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TONAWANDA...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  TONAWANDA...
  WILLIAMSVILLE AND AMHERST...
  DEPEW...
  LANCASTER...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 4308 7857 4288 7858 4293 7892 4296 7895
      4300 7895

HITCHCOCK
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
249 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NYZ003>005-013-014-221945-
CAYUGA NY-LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
249 PM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...

* AT 244 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ONTARIO TO GENESEO...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
  CANANDAIGUA...
  GENEVA...

LAT...LON 4272 7792 4329 7739 4329 7694 4322 7658
      4301 7678 4301 7696 4287 7695 4281 7697
      4275 7702 4276 7731 4271 7734 4261 7737

TJP
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF90 min
Aug 22, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson72 min
Aug 22, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming63 min
Aug 22, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie42 min
Aug 22, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario, Wayne56 min
Aug 22, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFAllegany28 min
Aug 22, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego59 min
Aug 22, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego70 min

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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.