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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

March 26, 2021Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 45 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 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2021, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2021-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-438 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

315 
WWUS81 KBUF 261200
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
800 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NYZ006>008-261245-
Jefferson-Oswego-Lewis-
800 AM EDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...
SOUTHWESTERN LEWIS AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 800 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fulton, moving
northeast at 60 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Fulton, Sandy Island Beach State Park, Pulaski, Central Square,
Adams, Redfield, Selkirk Shores State Park, Mexico Point State Park,
Whetstone Gulf State Park, Battle Island State Park, Hastings,
Volney, Richland, Palermo, New Haven, Mexico, Martinsburg,
Williamstown, Orwell and Lorraine.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 40.
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4348 7580 4348 7581 4346 7582 4326 7617
      4333 7648 4356 7629 4357 7628 4381 7609
      4375 7533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 223DEG 53KT 4334 7629 
$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 10:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF31 hr
Mar 26, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Wyoming48 min
Mar 26, 7:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF45 min
Mar 26, 7:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara45 min
Mar 26, 7:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans45 min
Mar 26, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Mar 26, 8:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Mar 26, 9:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Mar 26, 9:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego47 min
Mar 26, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego37 min
Mar 26, 10:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego61 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.