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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 19, 2016, 12:06 AM EST for Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2016, 12:06 AM EST (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2016, 2:00 AM EST
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
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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 18, 9:21 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 9:21 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 236 PM EST SUN DEC 18 2016 NYZ001-006-008-010>014-019>021-085-191945- NIAGARA-OSWEGO-LEWIS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 236 PM EST SUN DEC 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 NYZ007-191945- JEFFERSON- 236 PM EST SUN DEC 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN AREA OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MAY PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW...AND POTENTIALLY MORE. DEPENDING ON HOW WHERE THIS SYSTEM TRACKS...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .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 NYZ002>005-191945- ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA- 236 PM EST SUN DEC 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. IN GENERAL...ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT HOWEVER LOCALIZED BANDS MAY PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-191945- 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- 236 PM EST SUN DEC 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 19, 12:06 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1206 AM EST MON DEC 19 2016
NYZ002>004-190700-
Orleans-Wayne-Monroe-
1206 AM EST MON DEC 19 2016
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT WESTERN WAYNE...NORTHERN
MONROE AND NORTHERN ORLEANS COUNTIES...
A band of lake effect snow producing snow fall rates of around an
inch per hour will remain in place through the wee hours of the
morning along the Lake Ontario shore from near Lyndonville eastward
to Kendall...Hilton...Greece...Irondequoit...Webster...and Ontario.
Additional accumulations of around 2 inches are expected in this
band before it weakens and moves back north and over the lake after
2 AM.
Roads will be snow covered and slippery along the lakeshore. This
includes the Lake Ontario State Parkway...the north end of Routes
390 and 590, and Route 104. Motorists should use caution and allow
some extra time to reach your destination.
LAT...LON 4342 7809 4337 7772 4328 7754 4332 7735
4329 7712 4313 7696 4307 7715 4322 7789
4327 7845 4342 7844
HitchcockThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:44 AM EST | Gale Watch | BUF | 11 hr | |
| Dec 19, 9:51 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 54 min |
| Dec 19, 2:53 PM EST | Gale Warning | BUF | 32 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.