Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 1:28 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 62 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 2, 2014, 1:28 PM EDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
623 WWUS81 KBUF 021728 SPSBUF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 128 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 NYZ008-021830- LEWIS NY- 128 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTY... * AT 121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LAT...LON 4411 7519 4381 7514 4364 7576 4386 7579 $$ APFFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 9:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 1, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 10:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 83 min |
| Aug 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 87 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 55 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.