Alert archive / New York / Lake Effect Snow Warnings in 2011
Lake Effect Snow Warning 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 10, 2011, 10:47 AM EST for Lewis County, Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2011, 10:47 AM EST (15:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2011, 10:06 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888 WWUS41 KBUF 101547 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1047 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 NYZ006-008-110000- /O.UPG.KBUF.LE.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111211T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.LE.W.0010.111210T1547Z-111211T0600Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 1047 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES TODAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ007-110000- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111211T0000Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 1047 AM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES TODAY AND UP TO 2 ADDITIONAL INCHES TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
2 follow-up statements
130 WWUS41 KBUF 102057 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 357 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 NYZ006-008-110500- /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111211T0600Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 357 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OSWEGO COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...WITH POOR VISIBILITIES AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ007-110500- /O.EXT.KBUF.LE.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111211T0600Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 357 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES...WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
730 WWUS41 KBUF 110306 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1006 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 NYZ006-008-110415- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111211T0600Z/ OSWEGO-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...LOWVILLE 1006 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. THE LAKE SNOWS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ007-110415- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111211T0600Z/ JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATERTOWN 1006 PM EST SAT DEC 10 2011 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. THE LAKE SNOWS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO OVERNIGHT WITH ONLY MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ JJR
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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.