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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 29, 2013, 12:22 PM EST for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 29, 2013, 12:22 PM EST (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 Jan 28, 6:26 PM EST, 17 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 6:26 PM EST, 17 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 6:07 PM EST, 18 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 607 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 NYZ005>008-292315- NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 607 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE BY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS IN THE TRADITIONAL SNOWBELTS EAST AND POSSIBLY SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES. .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 NYZ001>004-010>014-019>021-085-292315- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING- LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 607 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE BY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT LATE WEDNESDAY...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS IN THE TRADITIONAL SNOWBELTS EAST AND POSSIBLY SOUTHEAST OF THE LAKES. .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-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-292315- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- 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- 607 PM EST MON JAN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A RAPIDLY DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE BY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS MAY RESULT IN GALE FORCE WINDS ON LAKES ERIE AND ONTARIO LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .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 HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 29, 12:59 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Monroe, Orleans and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:52 AM EST | Gale Watch | BUF | 24 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 5 days | |
| Jan 29, 12:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Livingston, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Jan 29, 12:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:08 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more | 21 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2013Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.