Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches in 2015
Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 6, 2015, 3:06 PM EST for 16 counties in New York. It took effect at Feb 8, 2015, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2015, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2015, 4:24 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 95 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WWUS41 KBUF 062006 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 306 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 NYZ006>008-070415- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150207T1200Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 306 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TIME SUNDAY THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING MORE THAN ONE FOOT IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITHIN THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THEN WINDS NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTH WITHIN THE WATCH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BRING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL BRING DEEP SNOW COVERED ROADS THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AGAIN. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM TO HIGH ON THE WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-070415- /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 306 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 INCHES OR MORE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...STORM WILL BRING SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES THAT WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. WARMER AIR SURGING NORTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY MAY BRING MORE OF A WINTRY MIX THAT WILL DIMINISH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE WATCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ THOMAS/CHURCH
7 follow-up statements
433 WWUS41 KBUF 070246 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 946 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 NYZ006>008-071100- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150207T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 946 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING A FOOT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. THERE WILL BE A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT THE LOCATION OF THIS BAND REMAINS UNCERTAIN. ANY SHIFT IN THE POSITION OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANCE FORECAST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ001>005-010>014-085-071100- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE- GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...GENESEO... CANANDAIGUA...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 946 PM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY AND THE FINGER LAKES REGION. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 INCHES OR MORE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...LOW. THERE WILL BE A NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT THE LOCATION OF THIS BAND REMAINS UNCERTAIN. ANY SHIFT IN THE POSITION OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY CHANCE FORECAST SNOWFALL. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WARMER AIR SURGING NORTHWARD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY MAY BRING MORE OF A WINTRY MIX THAT WILL DIMINISH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ APFFEL
024 WWUS41 KBUF 070908 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 408 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 NYZ012-085-071715- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150207T1800Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 408 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXED BAG OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...AND HEAVY SNOW LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...MEDIUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ019>021-071715- /O.NEW.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150207T1800Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE 408 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...AND HEAVY SNOW LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS AROUND 30 TONIGHT. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...MEDIUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ NYZ001>008-010-011-013-014-071715- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 408 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 INCHES OR MORE. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ RSH/JJR
890 WWUS41 KBUF 071156 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 656 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 NYZ012-019>021-085-072000- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150207T1800Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 656 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WYOMING AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...AND HEAVY SNOW LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. HIGHS AROUND 30 SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...MEDIUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>008-010-011-013-014-072000- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 656 AM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 INCHES OR MORE. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$
601 WWUS41 KBUF 071733 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1233 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 NYZ012-019>021-085-080145- /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1233 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...WYOMING...SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA... CATTARAUGUS...AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. HIGHS 30 TO 35 SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOW AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001>008-010-011-013-014-080145- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE...BUFFALO... BATAVIA...GENESEO...CANANDAIGUA 1233 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...THE NIAGARA FRONTIER...GENESEE VALLEY...WESTERN FINGER LAKES...AND EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION. * TIMING...FROM EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 7 INCHES OR MORE. * VISIBILITIES....UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES MAY RESULT IN DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ HITCHCOCK
383 WWUS41 KBUF 072000 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 NYZ012-080400- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150208T1500Z/ WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARSAW 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT THE START...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WYOMING COUNTY. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...3 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL AT TIMES. A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-080400- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T0100Z-150210T0900Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON...AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...3 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...3 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ003>005-014-080400- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MONROE...WAYNE...ONTARIO...AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...4 TO 6 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...3 TO 5 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ002-011-013-080400- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA...GENESEO 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...GENESEE...AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...3 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE, OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ019>021-085-080400- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES....AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX MAY PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY OVER WHEN THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001-010-080400- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 300 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET ON SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ HITCHCOCK/THOMAS
125 WWUS41 KBUF 080303 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 NYZ012-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150208T1500Z/ WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARSAW 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WYOMING COUNTY. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES ON SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...3 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL AT TIMES. A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM LATER SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150210T0900Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON...AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY... 3 TO 4 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...3 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ003>005-014-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...WAYNE...ONTARIO...AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...4 TO 6 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...3 TO 5 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ002-011-013-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA...GENESEO 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...GENESEE...AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES SUNDAY...3 TO 5 INCHES SUNDAY NIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ019>021-085-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.150208T0900Z-150208T1700Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...A LIGHT WINTERY MIX EARLY SUNDAY MORNING CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF PLAIN RAIN SUNDAY MORNING THEN SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 5 TO 9 INCHES LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * VISIBILITIES....AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX MAY PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH...THERE REMAINS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY OVER WHEN THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001-010-081115- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 1003 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ERIE AND NIAGARA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH OVERNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET ON SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * FORECASTER CONFIDENCE...THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...AND PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. && $$ SMITH
904 WWUS41 KBUF 080924 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 NYZ019>021-085-081730- /O.CAN.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150210T0900Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...WELLSVILLE... ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...CATTARAUGUS...AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY...THAT WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING UP TO 2 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TODAY...AND UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TONIGHT. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ012-081730- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150208T1500Z/ WYOMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WARSAW 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...WYOMING COUNTY. * TIMING...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX TODAY WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL AT TIMES. A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ006>008-081730- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150210T0900Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN...LOWVILLE 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...OSWEGO...JEFFERSON...AND LEWIS COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...WHICH MAY MIX WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...3 TO 6 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ003>005-014-081730- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...NEWARK...FAIR HAVEN... CANANDAIGUA 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...MONROE...WAYNE...ONTARIO...AND NORTHERN CAYUGA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...WHICH MAY MIX WITH SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MONDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL PRODUCE DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV...POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ002-011-013-081730- /O.CON.KBUF.WS.W.0002.150208T1500Z-150210T0900Z/ ORLEANS-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDINA...BATAVIA...GENESEO 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...ORLEANS...GENESEE...AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...WHICH WILL MIX WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT...2 TO 4 INCHES MONDAY...AND AROUND AN INCH MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTALS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF THE THRUWAY TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL TODAY...BEFORE A LONG LASTING ACCUMULATING SNOW PRODUCES DIFFICULT TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE...OR YOU SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. IF YOU LOSE POWER AND PLAN ON RUNNING A GENERATOR...MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERATOR IS LOCATED OUTDOORS AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED. SPACE HEATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY VENTILATED AND USED ONLY IF THEY ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. MAKE SURE SNOW DOES NOT BLOCK EXHAUSTS AND FRESH AIR INTAKES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ NYZ001-010-081730- /O.UPG.KBUF.WS.A.0002.150208T1700Z-150210T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KBUF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150210T0900Z/ NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...BUFFALO 424 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SNOW...WHICH WILL BE MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM BUFFALO SOUTHWARD TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATING 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY...1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT...1 TO 3 INCHES MONDAY...AND AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY NIGHT...LEADING TO STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES. ICE POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH FROM BUFFALO SOUTHWARD TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...A WINTRY MIX WILL PRODUCE VERY SLIPPERY TRAVEL TODAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL THEN PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO. REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO BUFSTORM.REPORT@NOAA.GOV... POSTING TO THE NWS BUFFALO FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET...USING THE HASHTAG BUFWX && $$ JJR/RSH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 6, 10:57 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 10:57 AM EST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1057 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE PASSING BY TO OUR NORTH WILL GENERATE SOME GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WHILE ACCUMULATING LAKE SNOWS WILL BECOME
ESTABLISHED EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. CONDITIONS WILL THEN DETERIORATE
ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS WEEKEND...AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL NEAR THE REGION AND SERVE AS A PATHWAY
FOR MULTIPLE STORM SYSTEMS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A COUPLE ROUNDS OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW COMING DURING THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
UPGRADED LEWIS/JEFFERSON/OSWEGO COUNTIES TO A LAKE EFFECT SNOW
WARNING THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND HAS BECOME WELL ORGANIZED ON LAKE ONTARIO
THIS MORNING AS IT HAS BEEN SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE WATERTOWN AREA. SPOTTERS HAVE ESTIMATED
SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS SNOW BAND.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW THE GREATEST LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND HIGHEST
LAKE INDUCED EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS ARE NOW THROUGH 21Z BEFORE
EQUILIBRIUM LEVELS STARTS TO DROP OFF BY THIS EVENING. LOOKING
UPSTREAM ON SATELLITE IMAGERY AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUFKIT
FORECAST PROFILES...EXPECT THE BAND WILL SETTLE OVER THE TUG HILL
REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY STATE. THUS AS
THE BAND LINGERS OVER THIS AREA INTO THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD EASILY STACK UP TO AROUND A FOOT IN THE
HEAVIEST SNOW BAND. THE INTENSITY OF THE BAND IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
AFTER 00Z AND ESPECIALLY AFTER 03Z AS DRIER AIR AND LOWERING CAPPING
INVERSION MOVE INTO PLACE AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SHORTWAVE COMING
IN LATER TONIGHT. THE BAND IS EXPECT TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD LAKE TONIGHT
ACROSS OSWEGO COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN...EVENTUALLY MOVING
ONSHORE ACROSS COUNTIES SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO BY MORNING AS WE
TRANSITION TO MORE WIDESPREAD SYNOPTIC SNOW.
OTHER WISE TODAY...SOME STRONG WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES...AS AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS BY TO OUR NORTH. A 50-55KT LOW LEVEL
JET ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC LOW WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GUSTY
WINDS...AS WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE FOUND OVER THE IAG FRONTIER
AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...WHILE TYPICAL MID WINTER GUSTS OF 25 TO
30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.
TONIGHT...CLOUDS WILL LOWER AND THICKEN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THAT WILL SETTLE TO THE SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN CANADA TO THE
VCNTY OF LK ONTARIO. SNOW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BOUNDARY WILL
EASE SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE WEE HOURS OF SATURDAY
MORNING. EARLY MORNING ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS SYNOPTIC SNOW SHOULD
BE UNDER AN INCH.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE NOTABLY HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS COUPLE
NIGHTS...AS LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS FOR MOST AREAS RATHER THAN THE
SINGLE DIGITS (ABV/BLO ZERO).
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
DURING THIS PERIOD...A PERSISTENT BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL REMAIN DRAPED
FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. BETWEEN SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT...MULTIPLE IMPULSES PASSING THROUGH THE
PREVAILING UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL RIDE SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THIS
BAROCLINIC ZONE AND PRODUCE PERIODS OF GENERALLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION
ACROSS OUR AREA. AFTER THIS...A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY...BEFORE
PASSING BY A LITTLE TO OUR SOUTH DURING THE COURSE OF SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONGER
LARGER-SCALE FORCING...THIS LATTER FEATURE WILL LIKELY BRING A
PERIOD OF MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TO OUR AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...
WITH THE CORE OF THIS CENTERING ON SUNDAY NIGHT. ALL OF THIS WILL
ADD UP TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FAIRLY HIGH PRECIPITATION CHANCES
FOR OUR REGION...WITH POPS GENERALLY RANGING IN THE LIKELY TO
CATEGORICAL RANGE RIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
WITH RESPECT TO THE PRECIPITATION TYPES WE CAN EXPECT...THESE WILL
GREATLY HINGE UPON THE EXACT POSITION OF THE MAIN SURFACE WAVE/
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED INTO
TWO MAIN CAMPS...WITH THE NAM/GEM GLOBAL SUGGESTING A MORE NORTHERLY
TRACK TO THE LOW AND CONSEQUENTLY A FURTHER NORTHERLY FRONTAL
POSITION THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ENOUGH WARMING
OF THE COLUMN TO INTRODUCE A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS AT
LEAST PART OF THE AREA SOUTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. IN CONTRAST...THE
GFS/ECMWF ARE NOTABLY FURTHER SOUTH WITH BOTH THE LOW TRACK AND THE
MAIN SURFACE FRONT...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN
REMAINING SUFFICIENTLY COLD ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE BULK
OF OUR REGION...WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE SLEET MIXING IN ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN TIER SATURDAY NIGHT AND/OR SUNDAY. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A
STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PARKED TO THE NORTH OVER ONTARIO AND QUEBEC...
THIS LATTER SCENARIO /WHICH ALSO HAS STRONG SUPPORT FROM WPC AND OUR
PREVIOUS CONTINUITY/ APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE PLAUSIBLE AT THE
PRESENT TIME...AND HAVE THUS LEANED MORE HEAVILY TOWARD THIS IN
PUTTING TOGETHER THE CURRENT FORECAST.
WITH THE ABOVE IN MIND...WE CAN THUS EXPECT PERIODIC BOUTS OF LIGHT
TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW TO BE THE GENERAL RULE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH FRESH ACCUMULATIONS OF ROUGHLY AN INCH
OR TWO FALLING EVERY 12 HOURS OR SO. WHILE SUCH AMOUNTS WOULD
CERTAINLY BE A NUISANCE TO TRAVEL...THESE WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT...AND THUS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE HEADLINE-WORTHY
AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE SUNDAY TO MONDAY
TIME FRAME THOUGH...THIS MAY WELL CHANGE AS A ROUND OF STEADIER AND
HEAVIER PRECIP OVERSPREADS OUR AREA WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF
THE MAIN SURFACE WAVE...WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE OVER A 24 TO 36 HOUR PERIOD...WITH THIS
POTENTIAL DEPENDENT UPON THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE WAVE.
WHILE OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THIS SCENARIO HAS INCREASED SOME...THERE
IS STILL ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY IN BOTH ACTUAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND THE
TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TO PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF ANY
HEADLINES AT THE PRESENT TIME. IN LIEU OF THESE...WILL THUS CONTINUE
TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL IN THE HWO FOR NOW.
WITH OUR REGION GENERALLY REMAINING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
BAROCLINIC ZONE RIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD...TEMPERATURES WILL LARGELY
REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGHOUT...WITH OVERALL DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
CLIMBING WITH INCREASING NORTHWARD EXTENT.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE LATE WEEKEND/EARLY WEEK STORM SYSTEM WILL EXIT TO OUR EAST
MONDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR THEN BUILDING EAST
ACROSS OUR REGION IN ITS WAKE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN ANY LINGERING LIGHTER SYNOPTIC SNOWS TAPERING OFF TO JUST
SOME LINGERING WEAK LAKE SNOWS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO MONDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE LATTER THEN FALLING APART
ALTOGETHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING SUBSIDENCE/DRYING...
LEADING TO A SEEMINGLY RARE DRY PERIOD OF WEATHER FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
AFTER THAT...YET ANOTHER IN A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS SERIES OF CLIPPER
SYSTEMS STILL LOOKS TO TAKE AIM ON OUR REGION WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL FIRST BRING ANOTHER GENERAL CHANCE OF
SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA...BEFORE USHERING IN THE BEGINNING OF YET
ANOTHER FRESH ARCTIC AIRMASS /ALONG WITH SOME ATTENDANT LAKE ONTARIO
LAKE SNOWS/ TO CLOSE OUT THE PERIOD. JUDGING FROM THE LATEST MEDIUM
RANGE GUIDANCE WHICH SHOWS A STRONG +PNA PATTERN BECOMING
REESTABLISHED ACROSS NORTH AMERICA...THE PERSISTENT COLD WILL
PROBABLY HAVE SOME STAYING POWER...AND WILL LIKELY LAST INTO THE
FOLLOWING WEEKEND AND QUITE POSSIBLY BEYOND.
&&
.AVIATION /16Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS BY TO
OUR NORTH. IT WILL BE WINDY AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS
HIGH AS 35 KNOTS...WHICH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW NEAR KBUF AND KIAG...WHICH COULD LIMIT VSBY TO
MVFR/IFR AT TIMES.
THIS AFTERNOON...LAKE SNOWS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL SETTLE SOUTH
TO THE TUG HILL PLATEAU...AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW VFR CONDITIONS TO
RETURN TO KART. MEANWHILE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ELSEWHERE.
HIGH PRESSURE NOSING NORTH ACROSS THE REGION WILL KEEP VFR
WEATHER IN PLACE THROUGH THE BULK OF THE NIGHT FOR ALL BUT THE TUG
HILL PLATEAU EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. CONDITIONS WILL THEN START TO
DETERIORATE FROM THE NORTH TOWARDS SATURDAY MORNING...WHEN SOME
LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. THIS COULD PRODUCE
MVFR VSBYS FOR KART AND KIAG BY DAYBREAK.
OUTLOOK...
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...IFR IN SNOW. MIXED PCPN WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER (IE. KJHW/KELZ).
TUESDAY...MVFR/IFR IN ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS SE OF
THE LAKES.
&&
.MARINE...
LOW PRESSURE PASSING BY TO THE NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL GENERATE
SOME STRONG WINDS TODAY...WITH WINDS AVERAGING 30 KNOTS ACROSS THE
OPEN WATERS OF LK ONTARIO. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE ICE FREE
NEARSHORES OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
TONIGHT...THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN WITH WINDS
SUBSIDING THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT. THE SCA'S SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 06Z.
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO ON SATURDAY.
WHILE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...THE BOUNDARY WILL GENERATE FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY FOR
NYZ006>008.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY FOR LOZ042>044.
&&
SYNOPSIS...RSH
NEAR TERM...CHURCH/RSH
SHORT TERM...JJR
LONG TERM...JJR
AVIATION...CHURCH/RSH
MARINE...RSHHazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 10:39 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1039 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 NYZ006>008-071545- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 1039 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. PERIODS OF SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE THE SNOWFALL SHOULD GENERALLY BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...A STRONGER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS BY TO OUR SOUTH LATER SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND COULD POTENTIALLY BRING A PERIOD OF MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THAT COULD GREATLY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. .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>005-010>014-019>021-085-071545- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE- WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY- SOUTHERN ERIE- 1039 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE THE SNOWFALL SHOULD GENERALLY BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...A STRONGER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS BY TO OUR SOUTH LATER SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND COULD POTENTIALLY BRING A PERIOD OF MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THAT COULD GREATLY IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. .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-SLZ022-024-071545- 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- 1039 AM EST FRI FEB 6 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 FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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 THOMAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 6, 9:28 AM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 928 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 NYZ006-007-061600- OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSWEGO...WATERTOWN 928 AM EST FRI FEB 6 2015 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND TO INTENSIFY AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT JEFFERSON COUNTY BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO OSWEGO COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO OSWEGO COUNTY LATER THIS MORNING. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND INCLUDE.... POINT PENINSULA... CHAUMONT... PERCH LAKE... WATERTOWN... SOCKETS HARBOR... HENDERSON HARBOR... ADAMS... THIS WILL INCLUDE INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 38 TO 49. *DRIVING WITHIN THIS SNOW BAND WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES WITH ROADWAYS QUICKLY BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD AND WEATHER CONDITIONS. AR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:44 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:34 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 11 hr |
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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.