Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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
$$
HITCHCOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 10:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 62 min |
| Dec 10, 4:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 7 hr |
| Dec 10, 10:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 11:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 58 min |
| Dec 10, 11:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 82 min |
| Dec 10, 12:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 60 min |
| Dec 10, 12:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Dec 10, 1:55 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 95 min |
| Dec 10, 2:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 86 min |
| Dec 10, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Livingston, Monroe | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 119 min |
| Dec 10, 4:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 112 min |
| Dec 10, 5:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 115 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.