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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 1, 2016Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 1, 2016, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

547 
WWUS81 KBUF 012012
SPSBUF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

NYZ008-012045-
LEWIS-
412 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY...

AT 411 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
BOONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYONSDALE...GREIG...PORT LEYDEN...LYONS FALLS...CONSTABLEVILLE...
TURIN...TALCOTTVILLE AND BRANTINGHAM.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4349 7538 4363 7548 4380 7513 4361 7511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 243DEG 31KT 4359 7534 

$$

CHURCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 4:38 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	17 hr
Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	63 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Chautauqua	43 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	40 min
Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	41 min
Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Niagara, Orleans	25 min
Jul 1, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wyoming	32 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee	26 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Monroe	30 min
Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Lewis	30 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	64 min

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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.