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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 30, 2014Genesee County, Niagara County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 30, 2014, 11:51 AM EST for Genesee County, Niagara County, New York. It was in force for 39 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: Dec 30, 2014, 11:51 AM EST (16:51 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2014, 12:30 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Genesee County, NY, Niagara County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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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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 Dec 29, 6:45 PM EST, 17 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 6:45 PM EST, 17 hours 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 29, 9:56 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	6 hr
Dec 30, 3:56 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	BUF		66 hr
Dec 30, 4:02 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, Wyoming	3 days
Dec 30, 9:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	91 min
Dec 30, 10:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee, Niagara, Orleans	45 min
Dec 30, 12:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Genesee, Niagara	44 min
Dec 30, 12:35 PM EST	Gale Watch	BUF		9 hr
Dec 30, 1:03 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	Erie, Genesee, Wyoming	15 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.