Alert archive / New York / Lake Effect Snow Warnings in 2017
Lake Effect Snow Warning 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this lake effect snow warning at Feb 10, 2017, 4:33 AM EST for Cayuga County, Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 8 hr. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2017, 4:33 AM EST (09:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2017, 12:31 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:47 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Auburn, NY | MEDIA REPORT VIA TWITTER |
| Feb 10, 5:47 AM EST | SNOW 14 | Port Byron, NY | MEDIA REPORT VIA TWITTER |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 4 W Port Byron, NY | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Cayuga, NY | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 10, 6:23 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Ontario, NY | |
| Feb 10, 6:35 AM EST | SNOW 13 | Marion, NY | |
| Feb 10, 6:54 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Penfield, NY | SINCE 1000 PM |
| Feb 10, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 13 | 6 N Newark, NY | |
| Feb 10, 7:39 AM EST | SNOW 12 | Newark, NY | |
| Feb 10, 7:40 AM EST | SNOW 6 | 1 Ese Irondequoit, NY | |
| Feb 10, 7:54 AM EST | SNOW 11.5 | Lyons, NY | |
| Feb 10, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Webster, NY | |
| Feb 10, 8:51 AM EST | SNOW 14 | Williamson, NY | |
| Feb 10, 8:54 AM EST | SNOW 12 | Walworth, NY | |
| Feb 10, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.5 | 2 N Webster, NY | |
| Feb 10, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 12 | Wolcott, NY | |
| Feb 10, 9:15 AM EST | SNOW 12 | Sodus, NY | |
| Feb 10, 9:45 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Cato, NY | |
| Feb 10, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 12 | 1 Nw Conquest, NY | |
| Feb 10, 10:15 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 5 Sw Cato, NY | |
| Feb 10, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Se Ontario Beach, NY | |
| Feb 10, 12:33 PM EST | SNOW 18 | Lyons, NY | TWO REPORTS OF 18 INCHES AS OF 1230PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080
WWUS41 KBUF 100933
WSWBUF
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
433 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
NYZ003>005-101800-
/O.UPG.KBUF.LE.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBUF.LE.W.0005.170210T0933Z-170210T1800Z/
Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
Including the cities of Rochester, Newark, and Fair Haven
433 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Lake Effect
Snow Warning...which is in effect until 1 PM EST this afternoon.
The Lake Effect Snow Advisory is no longer in effect.
* LOCATIONS...Wayne...mainly far northeastern Monroe...and
northern Cayuga counties.
* TIMING...Through early this afternoon.
* ACCUMULATIONS...An additional 5 to 10 inches.
* VISIBILITIES...As low as a quarter mile at times.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* IMPACTS...Periods of lake effect snow and blowing snow will
produce difficult driving conditions with poor visibility and
snow covered roads.
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.
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.
&&
Experimental content below...do not use operationally
Please see below links for more information on this experiment
http://www.weather.gov/buf/polygon_pdd
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/
pns15lake_effect_snowaaa.htm
To view the experimental polygons please see:
http://www.weather.gov/buf/lespolygon
COORD...4319 7659 4331 7693 4333 7738 4331 7738
4336 7770 4326 7763 4320 7743 4302 7662 4302 7650
4309 7648
TIME Y17M02D10T1000Z-Y17M02D10T1800Z
$$
NYZ006-101800-
/O.CON.KBUF.LE.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
433 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...far southwestern portions of Oswego county.
* TIMING...Through early this afternoon.
* ACCUMULATIONS...An additional inch or two today.
* VISIBILITIES...As low as a half mile at times.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* IMPACTS...Periods of lake effect snow and blowing snow will
produce difficult driving conditions with poor visibility and
snow covered roads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
In lake effect snow the weather can vary from locally heavy snow
in narrow bands to clear skies just a few miles away. If you will
be traveling across the region be prepared for rapid changes in
road and visibility conditions.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of
weather information for the latest updates. Additional details
can also be found at www.weather.gov/Buffalo.
&&
$$
JJR3 follow-up statements
456
WWUS41 KBUF 101127
WSWBUF
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
627 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
NYZ006-101230-
/O.CAN.KBUF.LE.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
627 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Lake
Effect Snow Advisory.
While a few additional snow showers and minor accumulations
will remain possible across far southwestern portions of the
county this morning...the threat of more significant lake snows
appears to have ended. Therefore the advisory has been cancelled.
$$
NYZ003>005-101800-
/O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/
Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
Including the cities of Rochester, Newark, and Fair Haven
627 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...Far northeastern Monroe...Wayne...and northern
Cayuga counties.
* TIMING...Through early this afternoon.
* ACCUMULATIONS...An additional 3 to 6 inches in the most
persistent snows today.
* VISIBILITIES...As low as a quarter mile at times.
* WINDS...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* IMPACTS...Periods of lake effect snow and blowing snow will
produce difficult driving conditions with poor visibility and
snow covered roads.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
In lake effect snow the weather can vary from locally heavy snow
in narrow bands to clear skies just a few miles away. If you will
be traveling across the region be prepared for rapid changes in
road and visibility conditions.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or your favorite source of
weather information for the latest updates. Additional details
can also be found at www.weather.gov/Buffalo.
&&
Experimental content below...do not use operationally
Please see below links for more information on this experiment
http://www.weather.gov/buf/polygon_pdd
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/
pns15lake_effect_snowaaa.htm
To view the experimental polygons please see:
http://www.weather.gov/buf/lespolygon
COORD...4319 7659 4331 7693 4333 7738 4331 7738
4336 7770 4326 7763 4320 7743 4302 7662 4302 7650
4309 7648
TIME Y17M02D10T1000Z-Y17M02D10T1800Z
$$
JJR015
WWUS41 KBUF 101423
WSWBUF
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
923 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
NYZ003>005-101800-
/O.CON.KBUF.LE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/
Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
Including the cities of Rochester, Newark, and Fair Haven
923 AM EST Fri Feb 10 2017
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...Far northern Monroe...Wayne...and northern Cayuga
counties.
* TIMING...Through early this afternoon.
* ACCUMULATIONS...Additional 3 to 6 inches today in the most
persistent snows from Sodus Bay to Cato. An additional 2 to 3
inches along the Monroe County shore.
* VISIBILITIES...Less than a quarter mile at times.
* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph.
* IMPACTS...Localized heavy lake effect snow and blowing snow
will produce difficult driving conditions with poor visibility
and snow covered roads.
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.
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.
&&
Experimental content below...do not use operationally
Please see below links for more information on this experiment
http://www.weather.gov/buf/polygon_pdd
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/notification/
pns15lake_effect_snowaaa.htm
To view the experimental polygons please see:
http://www.weather.gov/buf/lespolygon
COORD...4319 7659 4331 7693 4333 7738 4331 7738
4336 7770 4326 7763 4320 7743 4302 7662 4302 7650
4309 7648
TIME Y17M02D10T1000Z-Y17M02D10T1800Z
$$
HITCHCOCK785 WWUS41 KBUF 101731 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1231 PM EST Fri Feb 10 2017 NYZ003>005-101845- /O.CAN.KBUF.LE.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170210T1800Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga- Including the cities of Rochester, Newark, and Fair Haven 1231 PM EST Fri Feb 10 2017 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Lake Effect Snow Warning. Lake effect snow showers will continue to taper off this afternoon. Any additional accumulation will be an inch or less. $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 71 min |
| Feb 10, 6:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 7:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 74 min |
| Feb 10, 8:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 72 min |
| Feb 10, 2:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Jefferson and 5 more | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.