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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 3, 2014Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2014, 1:12 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 48 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 3, 2014, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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 Jun 3, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 11:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
515 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-040915-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
515 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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-SLZ022-024-040915-
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-
515 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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, Jun 3, 11:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1152 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NYZ006>008-031645-
JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
1152 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO...

* AT 1147 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40
  MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES SOUTH OF ADAMS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE...
  MANNSVILLE AND ELLISBURG...
  LORRAINE AND ADAMS...
  WORTH AND ADAMS CENTER...
  BARNES CORNERS...
  BROWNVILLE...
  COPENHAGEN...
  WEST CARTHAGE AND BLACK RIVER...

FREQUENT 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. THIS
STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

LAT...LON 4355 7610 4365 7621 4371 7622 4407 7595
      4406 7565 4390 7554

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
112 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

NYZ008-031800-
LEWIS NY-
112 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH LEWIS COUNTY...

* AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...AND
  VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM INDIAN RIVER TO WEST LEYDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCLUDE...
  PORT LEYDEN AND LYONS FALLS...
  LOWVILLE...
  CROGHAN...
  WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS...

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS.

LAT...LON 4343 7551 4419 7543 4420 7539 4410 7516
      4362 7510

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		45 min
Jun 3, 10:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		12 hr
Jun 3, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson	53 min
Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne	43 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Wayne	34 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oswego	36 min
Jun 3, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	33 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Oneida	59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.