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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 12, 2021Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 89 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
Jul 12, 2021, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

539 
WWUS81 KBUF 120646
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
246 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

NYZ006>008-120815-
Jefferson-Oswego-Lewis-
246 AM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...Moderate to Heavy Rain Overnight...

At 245 AM EDT, a large area of moderate to occasionally heavy rain 
over the Eastern Lake Ontario was pushing northeast at 30 mph. The 
heaviest rain was found south of the Tug Hill at 245 AM, but this 
will push across the remainder of the region through 4 AM. The rain 
may be accompanied by a rumble of thunder from time to time. 

Most areas will receive a half inch of rain, but amounts as high as 
an inch will be possible near the Tug Hill plateau and across 
southern Lewis county. 

Locations impacted include...
Watertown, Oswego, Fulton, Fort Drum, Sandy Island Beach State Park,
Stony Point, Carthage, Lowville, Pulaski, West Carthage, Clayton,
Central Square, Adams, Dexter, Redfield, Glen Park, Herrings, Kring
Point State Park, Highmarket and Mexico Point State Park.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 52.
 
Moderately heavy rainfall is also occurring, and may cause localized 
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

LAT...LON 4410 7517 4361 7511 4342 7553 4348 7581
      4333 7589 4315 7588 4327 7620 4322 7619
      4327 7659 4347 7661 4356 7645 4358 7626
      4387 7635 4384 7645 4387 7650 4396 7644
      4395 7634 4410 7643 4420 7631 4440 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 218DEG 26KT 4391 7562 
$$

RSH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 9:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua12 hr
Jul 12, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua64 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.