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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 14, 2016Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Jan 14, 2016, 3:24 AM EST for Erie County, New York. It was in force for 81 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 14, 2016, 3:24 AM EST (08:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2016, 4:45 AM EST
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 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 2016-01-14Temperature 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 2016-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 14, 12:09 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 12:09 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 9:44 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 13, 10:33 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 14, 1:18 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
118 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

NYZ001-010-140745-
NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE-
118 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHIFTING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NIAGARA AND NORTHERN ERIE COUNTIES...

AT 114 AM EST...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCING SNOW FALL RATES
OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR EXTENDED ACROSS THE BUFFALO NORTHTOWNS TO
JUST SOUTH OF LOCKPORT. EXPECT THIS BAND TO SHIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS CROSSING DOWNTOWN BUFFALO TO THE SOUTHTOWNS WITH
LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...NORTH TONAWANDA...CLARENCE...
LOCKPORT...LACKAWANNA...KENMORE...DEPEW AND AMHERST.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATES 190...290...990 AND 90 BETWEEN EXITS 56
AND 49.

LAT...LON 4302 7889 4306 7890 4318 7871 4298 7847
      4288 7847 4278 7884 4278 7885 4282 7887
      4284 7886 4287 7889 4288 7888 4288 7889
      4295 7891 4296 7892 4295 7893 4297 7892
      4299 7894

SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 1:26 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
126 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

NYZ007-008-140745-
LEWIS-JEFFERSON-
126 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW LIFTING NORTH ACROSS SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON AND WEST CENTRAL LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 121 AM EST...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCING SNOW FALL RATES
OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR EXTENDED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
COUNTY AND EAST TOWARDS MONTAUGE. EXPECT THIS BAND TO SHIFT NORTH
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CROSSING WATERTOWN TO THE SAINT
LAWRENCE RIVER WITH LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH SLICK AND SNOW
COVERED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERTOWN...STONY POINT...CARTHAGE...WEST CARTHAGE...ADAMS...
DEXTER...GLEN PARK...BARNES CORNERS...SOUTHWICK BEACH STATE PARK AND
ADAMS CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 81 BETWEEN EXITS 39 AND 47.

LAT...LON 4402 7626 4403 7620 4399 7621 4403 7612
      4401 7561 4368 7562 4371 7602 4368 7603
      4369 7620 4382 7623 4384 7630 4389 7623
      4385 7620 4398 7605 4400 7608 4396 7616
      4399 7623 4396 7628 4400 7627 4404 7630

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Local storm report, Jan 14, 1:36 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
136 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0135 AM     SNOW             NORTH TONAWANDA         43.04N 78.87W
01/14/2016  M4.0 INCH        NIAGARA            NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jan 14, 3:13 AM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
313 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 AM     SNOW             NORTH TONAWANDA         43.04N 78.87W
01/14/2016  M5.6 INCH        NIAGARA            NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, Jan 14, 3:24 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
324 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

NYZ010-085-140945-
SOUTHERN ERIE-NORTHERN ERIE-
324 AM EST THU JAN 14 2016

...AN INTENSE BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS ERIE
COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 319 AM EST...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCING SNOW FALL RATES
OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR EXTENDS FROM THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE
NORTHEAST TO CLARENCE CENTER AND AKRON. EXPECT THIS BAND TO CONTINUE
TO SHIFT SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS CROSSING THE
SOUTHTOWNS AND EASTERN BUFFALO SUBURBS WITH LOW VISIBILITIES ALONG
WITH SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...CHEEKTOWAGA...WEST SENECA...CLARENCE...LACKAWANNA...
KENMORE...DEPEW...AMHERST...TONAWANDA AND LANCASTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 57 AND 49.

LAT...LON 4274 7892 4279 7885 4282 7887 4284 7886
      4287 7889 4288 7888 4288 7889 4290 7890
      4293 7890 4296 7891 4296 7893 4306 7878
      4307 7847 4268 7852 4270 7893 4273 7896

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 8:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara91 min
Jan 14, 1:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie87 min
Jan 14, 1:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson79 min
Jan 14, 4:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua91 min
Jan 14, 6:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua84 min
Jan 14, 8:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis, Oswego107 min
Jan 14, 11:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis94 min
Jan 14, 12:14 PM ESTLake Effect Snow AdvisoryBUFLewis, Oswego7 hr
Jan 14, 1:41 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBUFErie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario and 3 more8 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.