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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
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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</html>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 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 15, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 78 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.