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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

July 15, 2021Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 11:09 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 36 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 15, 2021, 11:09 PM EDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

091 
WWUS81 KBUF 160309
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1109 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

NYZ007-160345-
Jefferson-
1109 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

At 1108 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Wellesley
Island State Park, or 21 miles northwest of Fort Drum, moving east at
40 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Clayton, Kring Point State Park, Wellesley Island State Park,
Redwood, Alexandria Bay, Plessis, Oxbow, Muskellunge Lake and Fishers
Landing.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 50 and 52.
 
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 4440 7583 4439 7584 4423 7547 4423 7609
      4430 7609 4435 7601 4435 7595 4440 7586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 267DEG 36KT 4433 7599 
$$

Thomas

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie24 min
Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua63 min
Jul 15, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFChautauqua57 min
Jul 15, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus54 min
Jul 15, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Jul 16, 2:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFChautauqua5 hr
Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 8 more32 hr
Jul 16, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr
Jul 16, 4:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF44 hr
Jul 16, 4:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFChautauqua6 hr
Jul 16, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningBUFChautauqua6 hr

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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.