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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 21, 2021Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2021, 2:18 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 57 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, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
30

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

437 
WWUS81 KBUF 211818
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
218 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021
 
NYZ007-008-211915-
Jefferson NY-Lewis NY-
218 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Jefferson and
central Lewis Counties through 315 PM EDT...

At 216 PM EDT, numerous slow moving showers and thunderstorms were 
located across central Jefferson and northern Lewis counties. These 
storms were moving west at about 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...
Watertown, Fort Drum, Stony Point, Carthage, Lowville, Adams, 
Dexter, Cedar Point State Park, Henderson Harbor, Barnes Corners, 
Whetstone Gulf State Park, Denmark, New Bremen, Watson, Sackets 
Harbor and Martinsburg.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 41 and 48.
 
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 4380 7631 4389 7633 4392 7628 4393 7633
      4391 7633 4412 7638 4414 7635 4420 7631
      4420 7624 4423 7618 4409 7530 4367 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 114DEG 9KT 4386 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, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson44 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.