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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 2, 2015Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 2, 2015, 9:38 AM EST for Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 82 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 2, 2015, 9:38 AM EST (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2015, 11:00 AM EST
In force
82 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 12:00Z on 2015-01-02Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2015-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 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

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 2, 9:28 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 9:28 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 2, 4:40 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
440 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

NYZ006>008-021200-
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE
440 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...ACCUMULATING LAKE SNOWS DRIFTING SOUTH OF THE TUG HILL...

A BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
EXTENDING FROM THE TUG HILL ACROSS CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTY AT 4:30 AM
EST...WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS OSWEGO AND SOUTHERN LEWIS COUNTY
THROUGH DAYBREAK. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WITHIN
THE BAND WILL AFFECT SITES SUCH AS PULASKI...REDFIELD...MEXICO...
HIGHMARKET AND PORT LEYDEN. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS
AREA...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 81 FROM PARISH TO ADAMS CENTER...
WHICH IS BETWEEN EXITS 34 AND 42.

IF TRAVEL PLANS CANNOT BE CHANGED....MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW
PLENTY OF TIME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THIS REGION.

RSH
Special weather statement, Jan 2, 6:56 AM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
656 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

NYZ004>006-008-021315-
CAYUGA NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-WAYNE NY-
656 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...

* AT 649 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3
  INCHES PER HOUR...AND VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS.
  THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WAS LOCATED FAIR HAVEN TO PARISH TO
  BOONVILLE. THIS BAND WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH THIS MORNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND INCLUDE...
  NINE MILE POINT AND PHOENIX...
  CENTRAL SQUARE AND PULASKI...
  OSWEGO...
  FULTON
  SALMON RIVER RESERVOIR...
  REDFIELD...
  HIGHMARKET...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 37.

DRIVING WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4342 7552 4347 7582 4333 7588 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4323 7619 4322 7619
      4323 7642 4320 7648 4325 7713 4329 7706
      4328 7694 4335 7670 4343 7663 4353 7642
      4354 7624 4365 7621 4377 7512 4362 7510

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Special weather statement, Jan 2, 8:19 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
819 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

NYZ003>006-008-021415-
CAYUGA NY-LEWIS NY-MONROE NY-OSWEGO NY-WAYNE NY-
819 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...

* AT 815 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND
  1 INCH PER HOUR...AND VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS.
  THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WAS LOCATED FROM BETWEEN FAIR HAVEN AND
  SODUS POINT TO CATO...WITH ANOTHER BAND TOWARD FULTON AND PARISH.
  THIS BAND WILL

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND INCLUDE...
  CATO AND OSWEGO...
  FULTON AND WEEDSPORT...
  PHOENIX...
  CENTRAL SQUARE...
  SALMON RIVER RESERVOIR...
  REDFIELD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 35.

DRIVING WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4342 7552 4348 7580 4333 7588 4315 7589
      4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621 4322 7647
      4302 7650 4302 7666 4311 7739 4329 7735
      4328 7700 4332 7679 4352 7644 4361 7513

DPK
Special weather statement, Jan 2, 9:38 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
938 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

NYZ004>006-008-021600-
CAYUGA NY-LEWIS NY-OSWEGO NY-WAYNE NY-
938 AM EST FRI JAN 2 2015

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA...

* AT 930 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO
  ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND VISIBILITY OF A HALF MILE OR LESS. THIS
  LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WAS LOCATED FROM FAIR HAVEN TO PALERMO.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND INCLUDE...
  CONSTANTIA AND GAYVILLE...
  FULTON...
  PALERMO...
  BERNHARDS BAY AND CLEVELAND...
  SWANCOTT MILL...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 32 AND 35.

DRIVING WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH SNOW
COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SLOW DOWN
AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4342 7551 4347 7582 4333 7588 4329 7586
      4315 7589 4319 7608 4326 7620 4320 7621
      4320 7629 4323 7630 4322 7647 4307 7650
      4325 7720 4330 7716 4328 7700 4332 7679
      4335 7670 4343 7663 4354 7638 4347 7550

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 8:51 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego54 min
Jan 1, 10:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis, Oswego51 min
Jan 1, 11:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua84 min
Jan 2, 6:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego79 min
Jan 2, 8:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego, Wayne56 min
Jan 2, 3:20 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson and 6 more32 hr
Jan 2, 3:34 PM ESTGale WatchBUF12 hr
Jan 2, 3:53 PM ESTHigh Wind WatchBUFChautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more12 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New York, 2015Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.