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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 8, 2016, 11:53 PM EST for Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 112 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2016, 11:53 PM EST (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2016, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Dec 8, 9:24 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 9:24 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 4:00 AM EST, 19 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 NYZ007-008-090900- JEFFERSON-LEWIS- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 NYZ001-002-010-011-013-014-090900- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 NYZ021-090900- ALLEGANY- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN 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 ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .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 NYZ003-090900- MONROE- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN 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 ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .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 NYZ004-005-090900- WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. .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 NYZ006-012-019-020-085-090900- OSWEGO-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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. .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-SLZ022-024-090900- 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- 400 AM EST THU DEC 8 2016 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
Local storm report, Dec 8, 9:52 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1031 PM EST THU DEC 8 2016
NYZ006>008-090500-
Lewis-Jefferson-Oswego-
1031 PM EST THU DEC 8 2016
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN LEWIS...EXTREME
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...AND OSWEGO COUNTIES...
At 1029 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates
of 2 TO 3 inches per hour extended from Mexico and Pulaski inland
across the southern Tug Hill region. This band of snow will drift
slowly south through the late evening hours.
Locations impacted include...
Oswego, Scriba, Mexico, Pulaski, Parish, Redfield, Williamstown,
Osceola, and West Leyden.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 33 and 38.
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this dangerous
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads
are likely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the
squall passes your location.
LAT...LON 4342 7553 4348 7581 4336 7587 4339 7662
4342 7662 4339 7665 4339 7673 4356 7645
4356 7628 4369 7626 4375 7513 4361 7511
HitchcockSpecial weather statement, Dec 8, 11:53 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1153 PM EST THU DEC 8 2016
NYZ002>006-014-090645-
Ontario-Orleans-Wayne-Monroe-Oswego-Northern Cayuga-
1153 PM EST THU DEC 8 2016
...A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DROP SOUTH OF LAKE
ONTARIO...
Just before midnight, a band of heavy lake effect snow is along the
south shores of Lake Ontario, extending eastward across Southern
Oswego County. This band is producing snowfall rates of 1 to 3
inches an hour, with some thundersnow. The band is expected to drop
southward through 200 am, moving across Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, and
Northern Cayuga counties, and exiting Oswego county. There will also
be gusty winds to 30 as this band moves through, resulting in areas
of blowing snow.
Locations impacted include...
Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Fulton, Brockport, East
Rochester, Medina, Albion and Hilton.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 81 near exit 32.
Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this dangerous
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads
are likely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the
squall passes your location.
LAT...LON 4316 7588 4320 7608 4327 7620 4321 7620
4324 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631 4323 7648
4303 7650 4299 7697 4300 7732 4313 7791
4314 7845 4341 7846 4339 7779 4328 7754
4333 7717 4331 7697 4339 7672 4334 7588
ApffelThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 7:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 88 min |
| Dec 8, 7:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 85 min |
| Dec 8, 8:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 94 min |
| Dec 8, 10:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 89 min |
| Dec 9, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 109 min |
| Dec 9, 8:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 52 min |
| Dec 9, 4:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 92 min |
| Dec 9, 6:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 87 min |
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