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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT for Onondaga County, New York. It was in force for 15 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 30, 2021, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2021, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS81 KBUF 301615
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1215 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
NYZ006-301630-
Oswego-
1215 PM EDT Wed Jun 30 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTY...
At 1215 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Bridgeport, or
12 miles northeast of Syracuse, moving east at 45 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Oneida Lake, Constantia, West Monroe, Cleveland, Bernhards Bay and
Lower South Bay.
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 4316 7588 4316 7592 4317 7593 4317 7595
4318 7596 4318 7600 4320 7604 4320 7608
4322 7608 4323 7611 4328 7610 4329 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 272DEG 39KT 4319 7600
$$
MitchellThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 53 min |
| Jun 30, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 43 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.