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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 15, 20107 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2010, 10:29 PM EDT for 7 counties in New York. It was in force for 91 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 15, 2010, 10:29 PM EDT (02:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 9:57 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-161200-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF

LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-161200-
UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK-
LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE
RIVER-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY-
LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG-
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS-
957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE
ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF

RSH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara51 min
Aug 15, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Aug 16, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Aug 16, 12:39 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF32 min
Aug 16, 12:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara47 min
Aug 16, 1:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee29 min
Aug 16, 2:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario63 min
Aug 16, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF41 min
Aug 16, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFMonroe48 min
Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLivingston, Ontario, Wayne64 min
Aug 16, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Monroe, Ontario44 min
Aug 16, 5:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming44 min
Aug 16, 5:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne57 min
Aug 16, 5:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFOntario, Wayne45 min
Aug 16, 5:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis40 min
Aug 16, 5:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBUFOntario3 hr
Aug 16, 6:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOntario38 min
Aug 16, 7:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson78 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.