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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 10, 2017Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 10, 2017, 1:21 PM EST for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 84 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
Dec 10, 2017, 1:21 PM EST (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2017, 2:45 PM EST
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

532 
WWUS81 KBUF 101821
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
121 PM EST SUN DEC 10 2017

NYZ006>008-101945-
Jefferson-Oswego-Lewis-
121 PM EST SUN DEC 10 2017

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...LEWIS
AND NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 119 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates 
of 1 to 2 inches per hour will continue to drift slowly north across 
the central Tug Hill region through mid afternoon. 

Locations impacted include...
Stony Point, Lowville, Pulaski, Adams, Redfield, Selkirk Shores 
State Park, Highmarket, Mexico Point State Park and Adams Center.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 35 and 43.
 
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be
prepared for snow or ice covered roads. Slow down and allow extra
time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4343 7550 4344 7564 4348 7581 4345 7583
      4349 7649 4356 7645 4357 7636 4356 7631
      4358 7626 4369 7626 4378 7629 4381 7633
      4386 7630 4402 7516 4361 7511
$$

HITCHCOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 10:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie62 min
Dec 10, 4:09 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee7 hr
Dec 10, 10:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego61 min
Dec 10, 11:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis58 min
Dec 10, 11:23 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Wyoming82 min
Dec 10, 12:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis60 min
Dec 10, 12:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming55 min
Dec 10, 1:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee95 min
Dec 10, 2:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis, Oswego86 min
Dec 10, 3:45 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFLivingston, Monroe9 hr
Dec 10, 4:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee119 min
Dec 10, 4:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis112 min
Dec 10, 5:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie2 hr
Dec 10, 6:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis115 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.