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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 18, 2014Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Nov 18, 2014, 6:57 AM EST for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 63 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
Nov 18, 2014, 6:57 AM EST (11:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

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NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Nov 18, 3:57 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 3:57 AM EST, 3 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 5:19 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 18, 1:20 AM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 2:30 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 4:03 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 6:57 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
657 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014

NYZ010>012-085-181300-
ERIE NY-GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY-
657 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2014

...INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA DURING
THE MORNING COMMUTE...

* AT 653 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
  TO INDICATE AN INTENSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF 4 INCHES PER HOUR OR MORE...AND
  VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW
  BAND CONTINUED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE BUFFALO SOUTHTOWNS. THERE
  WILL BE A VERY SLOW SOUTHWARD DRIFT TO THE BAND THROUGH THE
  MORNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND INCLUDE...
  HAMBURG...
  ALDEN...
  MARILLA...
  WEST SENECA AND LACKAWANNA...
  ORCHARD PARK...
  DARIEN AND ALEXANDER...

THIS INCLUDES THE NEW YORK THRUWAY BETWEEN EXITS 53 AND 57.

* ADDITIONALLY...WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE
  AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* LIGHTNING AND A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE.

TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT TO ENCOUNTER NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITIES...SNOW COVERED AND DRIFTED ROADWAYS WHICH WILL MAKE
SOME ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW A LOT OF EXTRA TIME AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE
WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...BE PREPARED BY HAVING
AN EMERGENCY KIT...EXTRA BLANKETS AND WARM CLOTHING IN THE EVENT THAT
YOUR VEHICLE HAS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OR GETS STUCK. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE A FULLY CHARGED CELL PHONE.

LAT...LON 4275 7892 4279 7886 4286 7889 4305 7827
      4286 7807 4260 7897

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 7:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming83 min
Nov 17, 8:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Orleans93 min
Nov 17, 10:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee, Wyoming87 min
Nov 18, 12:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie60 min
Nov 18, 1:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie55 min
Nov 18, 2:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee60 min
Nov 18, 2:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis52 min
Nov 18, 4:03 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson57 min
Nov 18, 4:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie, Genesee56 min
Nov 18, 10:38 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie, Wyoming82 min
Nov 18, 10:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson94 min
Nov 18, 12:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming85 min
Nov 18, 12:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson88 min
Nov 18, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming90 min
Nov 18, 2:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson88 min
Nov 18, 3:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming89 min
Nov 18, 3:33 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis and 3 more3 days

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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.