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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2014, 6:16 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2014, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 21, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 445 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-220845- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 445 AM EDT THU AUG 21 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...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-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-220845- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- 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- 445 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND 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, Aug 21, 1:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
121 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
NYZ004-005-014-211815-
CAYUGA NY-ONTARIO NY-WAYNE NY-
121 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 115 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 CLYDE...AND MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4298 7717 4313 7697 4316 7647 4311 7647
4310 7649 4303 7648 4302 7650 4301 7696
4289 7696 4289 7712
SJW/WOODSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 4:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 407 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014 NYZ002-003-212100- MONROE NY-ORLEANS NY- 407 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS MONROE COUNTY... * AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROCKPORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE... GREECE... SPENCERPORT... GATES-NORTH GATES AND GATES... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. 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. LAT...LON 4324 7761 4305 7779 4323 7801 4332 7793 REYNOLDS
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
429 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
NYZ006>008-212115-
JEFFERSON NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-
429 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF REDFIELD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
IF ON OR NEAR SALMON RIVER RESERVOIR...SEEK SHELTER NOW. GET OUT OF
THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4348 7580 4345 7582 4345 7611 4361 7609
4376 7578 4346 7575
SMITHSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 5:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 57 min |
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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.