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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 8, 2021Cayuga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 7:03 PM EDT for Cayuga County, New York. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 8, 2021, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Cayuga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 235 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
235 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

892 
WWUS81 KBUF 082303
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
703 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

NYZ004-005-082330-
Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
703 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND CAYUGA
COUNTIES...

At 702 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Montezuma, or 
9 miles northwest of Auburn, moving east at 25 mph. Torrential 
rainfall is occurring with this line of storms, and may cause 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are also possible with 
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Weedsport, Cato, Conquest, Savannah, Port Byron, Meridian and South
Butler.

This includes Interstate 90 near exit 40.

LAT...LON 4311 7649 4310 7650 4303 7650 4302 7680
      4315 7677 4318 7648 4315 7647 4314 7649
      4313 7648 4311 7647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 252DEG 23KT 4305 7668 
$$

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua117 min
Jun 8, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus28 min
Jun 8, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans47 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne32 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara46 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.