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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2014, 5:53 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 67 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, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 22, 3:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 554 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021-085-231000- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS- ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 554 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 NYZ003>005-013-014-231000- MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- 554 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IF THEY DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. IN ADDITION, SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .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 NYZ006>008-231000- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 554 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IF THEY DEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS. IN ADDITION, SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .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-SLZ022-024-231000- 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- 554 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 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. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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, May 22, 1:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
106 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
NYZ008-221830-
LEWIS NY-
106 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 101 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
UPSTREAM AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THESE AREAS...PRODUCING
HEAVY PROLONGED RAINFALL.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4360 7513 4348 7539 4347 7541 4347 7543
4353 7555 4373 7545 4364 7510 4362 7510Local storm report, May 22, 2:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 247 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 NYZ008-221945- LEWIS NY- 247 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY... * AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND CERTAINLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY NEAR PORT LEYDEN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT JUST 5 MPH. ALONG WITH PRODUCING SLOW MOVING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4346 7543 4362 7555 4372 7527 4359 7514 RSH
Local storm report, May 22, 4:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
428 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 1 S TURIN 43.61N 75.41W
05/22/2014 E0.75 INCH LEWIS NY TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
&&
EVENT NUMBER BUF1400085
RSHSpecial weather statement, May 22, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
436 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
NYZ007-008-222130-
JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-
436 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...
* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE WESTERN
HALF OF LEWIS COUNTY. SOME OF THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS ARE PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND PEA SIZED HAIL. THE STORMS ARE GENERALLY
MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT JUST 5 TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.
WHILE ADDING TO THE FLASH FLOODING NEAR TURIN...CONSTABLEVILLE AND
PORT LEYDEN...THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
LAT...LON 4344 7548 4343 7551 4397 7605 4408 7583
4358 7517
RSHSpecial weather statement, May 22, 5:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
553 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
NYZ008-222300-
LEWIS NY-
553 PM EDT THU MAY 22 2014
...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER SOUTHWEST LEWIS COUNTY...
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST LEWIS
COUNTY NEAR NORTH OSCEOLA...LEISHER MILL AND SWANCOTT MILL. DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA
BETWEEN 4:30 AND AND 5:45 PM...AND WITH THE LINE BEING NEARLY
STATIONARY...AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.
ALONG WITH THE TORRENTIAL RAIN...THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4344 7549 4342 7552 4342 7557 4346 7574
4379 7578 4395 7544 4354 7525
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 54 min |
| 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, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Jefferson | 3 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.