Alert archive / New York / Lake Effect Snow Advisories in 2013
Lake Effect Snow Advisory 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow advisory at Feb 1, 2013, 3:51 PM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2013, 3:51 PM EST (20:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2013, 8:36 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Genesee County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake effect snow advisory 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Feb 1, 10:47 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 10:47 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 1, 10:54 AM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 1, 12:32 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1232 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 NYZ012-020-021-085-011900- WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1232 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WELL SOUTH OF THE BUFFALO METRO AREA... A PLUME OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM STURGEON POINT TO SILVER CREEK ALONG I-90...SOUTHEASTWARD TO NORTHERN ALLEGANY COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS IN AND AROUND BOSTON...SPRINGVILLE...DELEVAN...ARCADE...CENTERVILLE... HOUGHTON...RUSHFORD...FRANKLINVILLE AND ANGELICA. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PLUS PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 2 PM...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES WILL DROP OFF VERY RAPIDLY JUST OUTSIDE THIS MAIN BAND OF SNOW. TRAVEL ON PORTIONS OF I-90 FROM STURGEON POINT TO SILVER CREEK...AND ALONG I-86 IN ALLEGANY COUNTY FROM ANGELICA EASTWARD...WILL BE DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS...AS THERE WILL BE SOME SLICK SPOTS...ALONG WITH SOME SNOW COVERED SECONDARY ROADWAYS. JAM
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 1:51 PM EST, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 151 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 NYZ012-020-021-085-012115- WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 151 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... A PLUME OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM STURGEON POINT...TO BOSTON...TO ARCADE...TO HOUGHTON AT 2 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS IN AND AROUND BOSTON... SPRINGVILLE...DELEVAN...ARCADE...CENTERVILLE...HOUGHTON AND BIRDSALL. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 4 PM...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES WILL DROP OFF VERY RAPIDLY JUST OUTSIDE THIS MAIN BAND OF SNOW. TRAVEL ON PORTIONS OF I-90 FROM HAMBURG TO SILVER CREEK...AND ALONG I-86 IN ALLEGANY COUNTY FROM ANGELICA EASTWARD...WILL BE DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS...AS THERE WILL BE SOME SLICK SPOTS...ALONG WITH SOME SNOW COVERED SECONDARY ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 229 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 NYZ001-010-012215- NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 229 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW STRETCHING FROM LEWISTON AND NIAGARA FALLS TO LOCKPORT...WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO EXTREME NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NIAGARA FALLS...LOCKPORT...GRAND ISLAND AND THE TONAWANDAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...AND RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. NYZ004-005-012215- WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN 229 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO COAT AREA ROADS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE... A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW FROM SODUS TO CONQUEST WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON....AND IMPACT WOLCOTT...CATO...PORT BAY AND RED CREEK. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. THE SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES...AND RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:13 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 313 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 NYZ019-012315- CHAUTAUQUA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JAMESTOWN 313 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... A PLUME OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM WESTFIELD TO JUST NORTH OF JAMESTOWN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS IN AND AROUND RIPLEY...WESTFIELD...MAYVILLE...SINCLAIRVILLE AND GERRY. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 5 PM...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES WILL DROP OFF VERY RAPIDLY JUST OUTSIDE THIS MAIN BAND OF SNOW. TRAVEL ON PORTIONS OF I-90 FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE TO HAMBURG...AND ALONG I-86 FROM CHAUTAUQUA LAKE EAST...WILL BE DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS...AS THERE WILL BE SOME SLICK SPOTS...ALONG WITH SOME SNOW COVERED SECONDARY ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:49 PM EST, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 349 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 NYZ012-020-021-085-020015- WYOMING-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 349 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... A PLUME OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL EXTEND FROM LAKE ERIE BEACH...TO NORTH COLLINS...TO ARCADE...TO CENTERVILLE AT 4 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS IN AND AROUND BOSTON... NORTH COLLINS...SPRINGVILLE...DELEVAN...ARCADE...CENTERVILLE...HOUGHTON AND BIRDSALL. ADDITIONAL LAKE BANDS ARE PRESENT ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH 7 PM...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES WILL DROP OFF VERY RAPIDLY JUST OUTSIDE THIS MAIN BAND OF SNOW. TRAVEL ON PORTIONS OF I-90 FROM HAMBURG TO THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE...AND ALONG I-86...WILL BE DIFFICULT. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THESE AREAS...AS THERE WILL BE SOME SLICK SPOTS...ALONG WITH SOME SNOW COVERED SECONDARY ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 5:48 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Erie | 10 hr |
Nearby
Lake Effect Snow Advisories in New York, 2013Every lake effect snow advisory in 2013
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.