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Gale Watch 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

October 26, 2015

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this gale watch at Oct 26, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT. It took effect at Oct 29, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 29, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2015, 5:05 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Oct 26, 4:01 AM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 4:01 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:26 AM EDT, 22 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
526 AM EDT SUN OCT 25 2015

NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-260930-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE-
526 AM EDT SUN OCT 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP MID-WEEK TURNING THE WEATHER
WET AND BLUSTERY. THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE:

...RAIN...ON WEDNESDAY TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE PATRICIA WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD A DEEPENING
STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THE COMBINATION WILL
RESULT IN A WIDESPREAD SOAKING RAINFALL WITH MOST LOCATIONS
PICKING UP ABOUT AN INCH OF RAINFALL. WHILE WIDESPREAD HYDROLOGIC
ISSUES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED... THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVIER
RAINFALL AND URBAN AREA BLOCKED STORM DRAINS COULD LEAD TO
LOCALIZED PONDING OR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

...WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SHORES... NIAGARA FRONTIER AND THE SAINT
LAWRENCE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45-55 MPH IN THESE FAVORED
LOCATIONS... WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE
TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT.

.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-SLZ022-024-260930-
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-
526 AM EDT SUN OCT 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE
ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP MID-WEEK TURNING THE WEATHER
WET AND BLUSTERY. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR MARINERS WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE WINDS TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY BUT
ESPECIALLY INTO THURSDAY.

.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

CHURCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 4:57 AM EDTHigh Wind WatchBUFChautauqua, Erie, Jefferson, Lewis23 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in New York, 2015Every gale watch in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.