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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 1, 2021Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 1, 2021, 7:51 PM EST for Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 1, 2021, 7:51 PM EST (00:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2021, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

303 
WWUS81 KBUF 020051
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
751 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021

NYZ007-008-020130-
Jefferson-Lewis-
751 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021

...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON 
AND NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

At 749 PM EST, an area of heavy snow showers was located along a 
line extending from near Fort Drum to near Harrisville. Movement was 
east at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this area of heavy snow 
showers, which will combine with brief heavy snow to reduce 
visibility to a quarter mile for a short period of time. 
Accumulations will be minor, but travel conditions will rapidly 
deteriorate. 

Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations. Be 
prepared for very poor visibility and snow covered roads. Slow down 
and allow extra time when traveling.

LAT...LON 4379 7513 4399 7595 4414 7582 4418 7537
      4410 7517

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Hitchcock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 2:24 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		19 hr

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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.