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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 28, 2021Onondaga County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT for Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 18 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 28, 2021, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Onondaga County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

742 
WWUS81 KBUF 282127
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
527 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

NYZ006-282145-
Oswego-
527 PM EDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...

At 526 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bridgeport, or
12 miles northeast of Syracuse, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Central Oneida Lake, Cleveland and Lakeport. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

If you are on or near Oneida Lake, get out of the water and move 
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you 
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter 
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4315 7588 4316 7592 4317 7593 4317 7595
      4318 7596 4318 7600 4319 7603 4320 7604
      4326 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 252DEG 22KT 4313 7593 
$$

Mitchell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 9:38 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	BUF	Cayuga, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Oswego and 1 more	10 hr
Jun 28, 2:03 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	BUF	Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and 5 more	30 hr
Jun 28, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	40 min
Jun 28, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Cattaraugus	44 min
Jun 28, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Onondaga	25 min
Jun 28, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Allegany	42 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany, Cattaraugus	66 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.