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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 21, 2021Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT for Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 44 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 21, 2021, 1:31 PM EDT (17:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 2:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

County Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2021-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

800 
WWUS81 KBUF 211731
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
131 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021
 
NYZ007-211815-
Jefferson NY-
131 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Jefferson County through 215 PM EDT...

At 129 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near 
Adams Center, moving northwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and torrential rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects and bring 
         down a few small tree limbs. Torrential rainfall may result 
         in ponding of water in poor drainage areas.

Locations impacted include...
Stony Point, Adams, Dexter, Henderson Harbor, Adams Center, Sackets
Harbor, Henderson, Smithville, Rodman, Lorraine, Chaumont, Belleville
and Point Peninsula.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 41 and 44.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 4391 7585 4370 7590 4381 7632 4409 7618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 114DEG 9KT 4389 7597 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis57 min
Aug 21, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson66 min
Aug 21, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF47 min
Aug 21, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua54 min
Aug 21, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua4 hr
Aug 21, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus50 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.