Alert archive / New York / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Dec 10, 2017, 8:21 PM EST for Lewis 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.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2017, 8:21 PM EST (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2017, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Lewis County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486
WWUS81 KBUF 110121
SPSBUF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
821 PM EST SUN DEC 10 2017
NYZ006>008-110315-
Jefferson-Oswego-Lewis-
821 PM EST SUN DEC 10 2017
...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...
NORTHERN LEWIS AND NORTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...
At 816 PM EST, A band of lake effect snow is continuing to produce
snow fall rates in excess of 2 inches per hour across southern
Jefferson, extreme northern Oswego, and northern Lewis counties.
Locations impacted include...
Ellisburg, Adams, Worth, Barnes Corners, Copenhagen, Castorland,
Croghan, Indian River, and West Carthage.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 37 and 44.
Visibilities will drop quickly to near zero in this band of lake
effect snow.
Conditions can deteriorate rapidly in winter weather situations.
Travel in this area is extremely hazardous.
LAT...LON 4363 7603 4361 7626 4369 7626 4385 7630
4416 7530 4410 7517 4379 7513
$$
WoodThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 111 min |
| Dec 10, 9:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 32 min |
| Dec 10, 10:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 117 min |
| Dec 10, 10:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 82 min |
| Dec 11, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:07 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 48 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oswego, Wayne | 54 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Ontario and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:51 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 days |
Nearby
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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.