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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 3:48 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 27 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 3, 2015, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935
WWUS81 KBUF 031948
SPSBUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
348 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
NYZ006-032015-
OSWEGO-
348 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
AT 347 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CENTRAL SQUARE
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTRAL SQUARE...CONSTANTIA...WEST MONROE...CLEVELAND...GAYVILLE AND
BERNHARDS BAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 NEAR EXIT 32.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4316 7588 4317 7593 4318 7596 4319 7603
4320 7604 4321 7608 4323 7610 4323 7613
4324 7614 4332 7614 4334 7588 4333 7589
4332 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 263DEG 21KT 4327 7609
$$
REYNOLDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 85 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 12:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 39 min | |
| Aug 3, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 3, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 53 min | |
| Aug 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 37 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.