Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2014, 6:21 AM EDT for Wayne 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
- May 22, 2014, 6:21 AM EDT (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 7:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013
WWUS81 KBUF 221021
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
621 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
NYZ004>006-014-221115-
CAYUGA NY-ONTARIO NY-OSWEGO NY-WAYNE NY-
621 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY...
* AT 616 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM WILLIAMSON TO LYONS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
SODUS...
CLYDE...
SODUS POINT...
NORTH ROSE...
SAVANNAH...
WOLCOTT...
PORT BAY AND CONQUEST...
RED CREEK...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LAT...LON 4276 7705 4276 7697 4300 7695 4302 7650
4310 7649 4311 7647 4322 7647 4323 7641
4341 7662 4340 7666 4335 7670 4328 7695
4330 7721 4327 7736 4307 7713
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| May 22, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 56 min |
| May 22, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 67 min | |
| May 22, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 84 min |
| May 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 32 min |
| May 22, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Lewis | 6 hr |
| May 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 58 min |
| May 22, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 54 min |
| May 22, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 67 min |
| May 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Jefferson | 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.