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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 29, 2021Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2021, 1:02 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Lewis County, New York. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2021, 1:02 AM EDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
58 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2021-08-29Temperature 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 2021-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

366 
WWUS81 KBUF 290502
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
102 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021
 
NYZ007-008-290600-
Jefferson NY-Lewis NY-
102 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Jefferson
and central Lewis Counties through 200 AM EDT...

At 1259 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers and 
thunderstorms across much of southern and central Jefferson County, 
moving east at 25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Torrential 
         downpours will result in minor flooding in poor drainage 
         areas.

Locations impacted include...
Watertown, Fort Drum, Carthage, Adams, Dexter, Southwick Beach State 
Park, Henderson Harbor, Barnes Corners, Denmark, Copenhagen, Sackets 
Harbor, and Henderson.

This includes Interstate 81 between exits 40 and 48.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4368 7543 4373 7628 4378 7629 4391 7630
      4392 7628 4392 7630 4406 7630 4416 7548
      4395 7531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 271DEG 20KT 4383 7596 

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 28, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston54 min
Aug 29, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson56 min
Aug 29, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson3 hr
Aug 29, 12:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF57 min
Aug 29, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara53 min
Aug 29, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua66 min
Aug 29, 12:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFNiagara3 hr
Aug 29, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFSeneca35 min
Aug 29, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario41 min
Aug 29, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne64 min
Aug 29, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario, Wayne60 min
Aug 29, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario20 min
Aug 29, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario10 min
Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Aug 29, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario31 min

Nearby

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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.