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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 17, 2021Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 17, 2021, 8:01 AM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 74 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
Aug 17, 2021, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2021, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

094 
WWUS81 KBUF 171201
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
801 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

NYZ007-008-171315-
Jefferson-Lewis-
801 AM EDT Tue Aug 17 2021

...Heavy downpours resulting in slower morning commute...

Moderate, to at times, heavy rain will continue across portions of 
Lewis into Jefferson county through mid morning. Up to 1.5 inches of 
rain has fallen in some areas. Expect additional rainfall up to 1 
inch in the more persistent showers. Expect ponding of water on 
roads and in poor drainage and low-lying areas. If you come across 
flooded roads, find another route. Turn around and don't drown!   

Locations impacted include...
Watertown, Fort Drum, Stony Point, Carthage, West Carthage, Clayton,
Adams, Dexter, Glen Park, Herrings, Kring Point State Park, Adams
Center, Wellesley Island State Park, Cedar Point State Park, Redwood,
Henderson Harbor, Barnes Corners, Denmark, Sackets Harbor and
Henderson.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 41 and 51.
 
LAT...LON 4410 7517 4390 7514 4389 7514 4380 7568
      4378 7629 4383 7636 4387 7635 4384 7645
      4387 7650 4396 7644 4395 7634 4402 7636
      4405 7641 4410 7643 4414 7635 4420 7631
      4422 7620 4429 7615 4435 7595 4440 7586

$$

JLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 2:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Lewis, Livingston, Ontario and 2 more41 hr
Aug 17, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe37 min
Aug 17, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne66 min
Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCayuga, Ontario, Wayne86 min
Aug 17, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga42 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.